squash
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 挤压，压碎的东西，南瓜属植物，拥挤的人群
- vt.
- 压扁，镇压，压制
- vi.
- 被压扁，发溅泼声，挤入
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 squachen
- 源自 ←古法语 esquacher
- 源自 ←通俗拉丁语 *excoāctiāre
- 源自 ←拉丁语 ex
词源说明
From Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from Vulgar Latin *excoāctiāre, from Latin ex + coāctāre. Probably influenced by Middle English quashen, quassen, from Old French esquasser, escasser (“to crush, shatter, destroy, break”), from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- + quassare (“to shatter”) (see quash).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
- A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
- A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
- (biology) A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
- (obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
- (obsolete, countable, derogatory) Something unripe or soft.
- (obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
- (slang, professional wrestling) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 借自 ←xnt askutasquash “[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)”
词源说明
Shortening of Narragansett askutasquash (“[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)”), from askut (“green, raw”) + asquash (“eaten”).