crush

1. V-T To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces. 壓扁; 壓碎

Andrew crushed his empty can. 安德魯壓扁了他的空罐子。

...crushed ice. …碎冰。

2. V-T To crush a protest or movement, or a group of opponents, means to defeat it completely, usually by force. 鎮壓

The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising. 這次軍事行動是鎮壓暴動計劃的第一步。

3. crushingN-UNCOUNT 鎮壓

...the violent crushing of anti-government demonstrations. …對反政府示威運動的武力鎮壓。

4. V-T If you are crushed by something, it upsets you a great deal. 使精神崩潰[usu passive]

Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it. 聽批評意見，但不要被它擊垮。

5. V-T If you are crushed against someone or something, you are pushed or pressed against them. (與某人或某物) 擠在一起[usu passive]

We were at the front, crushed against the stage. 我們在前麪, 被擠得緊挨著舞台。

6. N-COUNT A crush is a crowd of people close together, in which it is difficult to move. 擁擠的人群

His thirteen-year-old son somehow got separated in the crush. 他13嵗的兒子不知怎麽在擁擠的人群裡走散了。

7. N-COUNT If you have a crush on someone, you are in love with them but do not have a relationship with them. 暗戀[非正式]

She had a crush on you, you know. 你知道吧，她曾暗戀過你。

8. N-COUNT a construction designed to confine and limit the movement of an animal, esp a large or dangerous animal, for examination or to perform a procedure on it 猛獸隔離區[vet science]