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 squelch ['skweltʃ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 嘎吱声, 压碎的一堆, 使对手哑口无言的话

vt. 压碎, 镇压, 使咯吱咯吱响

vi. 咯吱咯吱响, 涉水而过

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    squelch


    Squelch \Squelch\, n.
    1. A heavy fall, as of something flat.

    2. Hence: A crushing reply; as, the perfect squelch for a
    conceited remark. [Colloq.] --Hudibras.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]


    Squelch \Squelch\ (skw[e^]lch), v. i. [Perh. imitative. Cf.
    {Squelch}.]
    To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in
    mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; to squish;
    also, to move with such a sound.
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    He turned and strode to the fire, his boots squelching
    as he walked. --P. L. Ford.
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    A crazy old collier squelching along under squared
    yards. --W. C.
    Russell.
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


    Squelch \Squelch\ (skw[e^]lch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squelched}
    (skw[e^]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squelching}.] [Cf. Prov. E.
    quelch a blow, and quell to crush, to kill.]
    To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.]

    Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. --Beau. &
    Fl.

    If you deceive us you will be squelched. --Carlyle.

    1. Occasional jamming of news programs doesn't squelch the sound, and entertainment is never blocked.
    2. For instance, they could again begin focusing attention on Iraq's treatment of its Kurds in the north, who have been suffering under a months-long economic blockade imposed by Baghdad in an effort to squelch unrest and insurrection.
    3. Voted 6-3 to squelch a lawsuit that charged the United Steelworkers union with negligence in a 1972 Idaho silver mine disaster that killed 91 miners.
    4. Solicitor General Kenneth Starr asked the court to squelch Minnesota Gov. Rudy Perpich's challenge of a 1986 law that strips all governors of their veto power over National Guard training missions.
    5. In announcing the decision, League President Nancy M. Neuman cited the campaigns' control of debate format and other details that would squelch any spontaneity.
    6. Heart Disease Cholesterol, indicted as a major culprit in causing heart attacks and other heart ailments, may meet its pharmaceutical match in a group of drugs that squelch its production in the body.
    7. They trumpet the pro-business ideas they had to squelch for years.
    8. Meanwhile, Sununu, Darman and Brady try to quiet Kemp's campaign for a tax cutthough Bush himself doesn't move to squelch the debate.
    9. Higher interest rates, if they come, will eventually help to squelch inflation.
    10. The U.S. sales arm of Suzuki Motor Co. doesn't want to hear any complaints that its Suzuki Samurai sport vehicle may be unsafe, and is threatening legal action to squelch them.
    11. Those who oppose the big-money awards say they squelch American competitiveness and development of new products, particularly new forms of medical treatment.
    12. Opponents, led by insurers, said the legislation was designed to squelch competition in the lucrative replacement parts industry, which generated $52 billion in sales in 1988.
    13. A spokeswoman for Amway, Ada, Mich., said its distributors operate independently and declined to comment on the suit. She said Amway has cooperated with P&G in the past to squelch rumors about Satanism.
    14. But to his dismay, he said diners were "sloshing ice in everything." Palestinians celebrated the second anniversary of their declaration of independence with fireworks and parades Thursday, spurning Israeli efforts to squelch festivities.
    15. Yesterday, Mr. Lawson interrupted his summer vacation to try to squelch growing worries, telling a British Broadcasting Corp. radio interviewer that Britain's economy generally is "doing very well."
    16. Earlier this month, Campbell named David W. Johnson its new chief executive, in part to squelch such rumors, and analysts predicted the selection would bring stability to the company.
    17. To squelch any possible protests during the anniversary, the Communist leadership stepped up security nationwide.
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