单词 | squelch |
释义 | squelch [skweltʃ] verb SOUND 声音 intransitive usually + adverb or preposition ■to make a sucking sound like the one produced when you are walking on soft wet ground (如走在湿软土地上似的)发吧唧声,发扑哧声 •He got out of the car and squelched through the mud to open the gate.他下了车,扑哧扑哧地穿过泥地去开大门。 [skweltʃ] verb STOP 制止 transitive US ■to quickly end something that is causing you problems (迅速)制止,遏制 •A spokeswoman at the White House has squelched rumors transitive US ■to silence someone by criticizing them (厉言)把…嘴巴堵住,使不再出声 •The senator thoroughly squelched the journalist who tried to interrupt him during his speech.参议员完全堵住了那个想在他讲话时插嘴的记者。 [skweltʃ] noun countable usually singular ■a sucking sound like the one produced when you are walking on soft wet ground (如走在湿软土地上似的)发吧唧声,发扑哧声 •As the hikers walked down the path by the house, she could hear the squelch of their boots in the mud.徒步旅行者们从房子旁的小径走过时,她能听见他们的靴子吧唧吧唧踩在泥里的声音。 |
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