crush
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
press or squeeze (sth/sb) hard so that there is breakage or injury 壓(或擠)壞, 壓(或擠)傷(某物[某人])
Don't crush the box; it has flowers in it. 別把盒子壓破了, 里面有花.
Wine is made by crushing grapes. 葡萄酒是壓榨葡萄制成的.
Several people were crushed to death by the falling rocks. 有幾個人被落下來的巖石壓死了.
2 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) break sth hard into small pieces or into powder by pressing 搗(或碾)碎某物; 把某物搗(或碾)成粉末
Huge hammers crush (up) the rocks. 用大錘把巖石砸成了碎塊.
3 [I, Tn] (cause sth to) become full of creases or irregular folds (使某物)顯得皺皺巴巴的
The clothes were badly crushed in the suitcase. 衣服壓在箱子里皺得不像樣子了.
Some synthetic materials do not crush easily. 有些化纖衣料不易起皺.
4 [Tn] defeat (sb/sth) completely; subdue 消滅, 擊潰, 鎮壓(某人[某事物]); 制服
The rebellion was crushed by government forces. 政府軍已把叛亂鎮壓下去.
Her refusal crushed all our hopes. 她一拒絕, 我的希望就全都破滅了.
He felt completely crushed (ie humiliated) by her last remark. 他聽到她最後的一番話感到深受凌辱.
5 (phr v) crush (sb/sth) into, past, through, etc sth (cause sb/sth to) move into or through a narrow space by pressing or pushing (使某人[某物])擠入或擠過
A large crowd crushed past (the barrier). 大群的人擠過了(障礙物).
You can't crush twenty people into such a tiny room. 不能讓二十個人擠進這樣一個狹小的房間里.
The postman tried to crush the packet through the letter-box. 郵遞員使勁把郵件塞進信箱里. crush sth out (of sth) remove sth by pressing or squeezing 擠出或榨出某物
crush the juice out of oranges 榨橙子汁
(fig 比喻) With his hands round her throat he crushed the life out of her. 他雙手扼住她的喉嚨把她掐死了.
crush n
1 [sing] crowd of people pressed close together 擁擠的人群
a big crush in the theatre bar 劇院小賣部里擁擠不堪的人群
I couldn't get through the crush. 我無法從人群中擠過去.
2 [C] ~ (on sb) (infml 口) strong but typically brief liking (for sb); infatuation (對某人的)強烈而短暫的喜愛, 迷戀
Schoolchildren often have/get crushes on teachers. 小學生往往很欽佩老師.
3 [U] (Brit) drink made from fruit juice 果汁飲料: lemon crush 檸檬飲料.
?? 擴展釋義
*[kr??]n. 壓碎, 粉碎, 群眾, 迷戀vt. 壓破, 征服, 塞, 弄皺, 榨出vi. 被壓碎, 起皺, 擠【化】 破碎; 壓碎; 搗碎; 粉碎【醫】 壓碎, 碾碎相關詞組: have a crush on sb crush down crush out crush up
?? 同詞根單詞
crusaden. [史]十字軍東征;(宗教性的)圣戰;改革運動;
v. 加入十字軍;從事改革運動;討伐;
crawlvi. 爬行;緩慢行進;巴結;
n. 緩慢的爬行;〈美俚〉跳舞,自由式游泳;養魚(龜)池;