新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

crush

英  [krʌʃ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • crushes

    1[C 可数名词] 拥挤的人群

    A crush is a crowd of people close together, in which it is difficult to move.

    双语例句

    例:

    His thirteen-year-old son somehow got separated in the crush.

    他13岁的儿子不知怎么在拥挤的人群里走散了。

    2[C 可数名词] 迷恋

    If you have a crush on someone, you are in love with them but do not have a relationship with them.

    双语例句

    例:

    She had a crush on you, you know.

    你知道吧,她曾迷恋过你。

    VERB. 动词
  • crushes , crushing , crushed

    1[T 及物动词] 压扁 , 压碎

    To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.

    双语例句

    例:

    Andrew crushed his empty can.

    安德鲁压扁了他的空罐子。

    例:

    crushed ice.

    碎冰。

    2[T 及物动词] 镇压

    To crush a protest or movement, or a group of opponents, means to defeat it completely, usually by force.

    双语例句

    例:

    The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising.

    这次军事行动是镇压暴动计划的第一步。

    3[T 及物动词] 使精神崩溃

    If you are crushed by something, it upsets you a great deal.

    近义词

    devastate

    双语例句

    例:

    Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it.

    听批评意见,但不要被它击垮。

    4[T 及物动词] (与某人或某物)挤在一起

    If you are crushed against someone or something, you are pushed or pressed against them.

    双语例句

    例:

    We were at the front, crushed against the stage.

    我们在前面, 被挤得紧挨着舞台。