Crush



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• v. 压坏
• ［英］ v. 压坏 ( press or squeeze hard so that there is breakage or injury)
• ［类］ juggernaut : crush / quisling : betray ( 不可抗拒力压倒 / 卖国贼背叛)
• ［例］ Don't crush the box; it has flowers in it.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English crusshen, from Anglo-French croissir, croistre, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Low German krossen to crush
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to squeeze or force by pressure so as to alter or destroy structure <crush grapes
    • b. to squeeze together into a mass
  • 2. hug, embrace
  • 3. to reduce to particles by pounding or grinding <crush rock
  • 4.
    • a. to suppress or overwhelm as if by pressure or weight
    • b. to oppress or burden grievously <crushed by debt
    • c. to subdue completely <the rebellion was crushed
  • 5. crowd, push <were crushed into the elevator
  • 6. archaic drink
• intransitive verb
  • 1. obsolete crash
  • 2. to become crushed
  • 3. to advance with or as if with crushing
• ? crushable adjective
• ? crusher noun
• ? crushingly adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1599
• 1. an act of crushing
• 2. the quantity of material crushed
• 3.
  • a. a crowding together (as of people)
  • b. crowd, mob; especially a crowd of people pressing against one another
• 4. an intense and usually passing infatuation <have a crush on someone; also the object of infatuation
• Synonyms: see crowd
• ? crushproof adjective

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