squelched

英 [skweltʃt]

美 [skweltʃt]

v.  发吧唧声，发扑哧声(如走在泥泞中似的); 制止; 压制; 遏制; 限制
squelch的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发吧唧声，发扑哧声(像走在烂泥地里似的)
  Tosquelchmeans to make a wet, sucking sound, like the sound you make when you are walking on wet, muddy ground.
  1. He squelched across the turf...
     他扑哧扑哧地走过草皮。
  2. His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins and his shoes squelched.
     他湿透的裤子紧贴小腿，鞋子吧唧作响。
• VERB 制止，压制，遏制(谣言、反对势力)
  If yousquelchsomething that is causing you trouble, for example rumours or opposition, you firmly put a stop to it.
  1. The President wants to squelch any perception that the meeting is an attempt to negotiate.
     总统想要消除任何视本次会议为谈判尝试的看法。

英英释义

adj

• subdued or overcome
  1. the quelled rebellion
  2. an uprising quenched almost before it started
  3. a squelched rumor
  Synonym:quelledquenched

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