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squelch

verb
🔊/skweltʃ/
🔊/skweltʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they squelch
🔊/skweltʃ/
🔊/skweltʃ/
he / she / it squelches
🔊/ˈskweltʃɪz/
🔊/ˈskweltʃɪz/
past simple squelched
🔊/skweltʃt/
🔊/skweltʃt/
past participle squelched
🔊/skweltʃt/
🔊/skweltʃt/
-ing form squelching
🔊/ˈskweltʃɪŋ/
🔊/ˈskweltʃɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to make a quiet sound by pressing something soft and wet发吧唧声，发扑哧声（如走在泥泞中似的）
    • The mud squelched as I walked through it.我扑哧扑哧地穿过泥泞。🔊🔊
    • Her wet shoes squelched at every step.她的鞋湿了，走一步吧唧一声。🔊🔊
    • We squelched across the muddy field.我们扑哧扑哧地穿过泥泞的田地。🔊🔊
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  2. [transitive] squelch something (North American English) to stop something from growing, increasing or developing制止；压制；遏制；限制 synonym quash (2), squash (3)
    • to squelch a rumor压制谣言
    • to squelch dissent/competition压制异议/竞争
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent. (originally denoting a heavy crushing fall on to something soft): imitative.

squelch

noun
🔊/skweltʃ/
🔊/skweltʃ/
[usually singular]
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  1. a quiet sound made by pressing something soft and wet发吧唧声，发扑哧声（如走在泥泞中似的）
    • He pulled his foot out of the mud with a squelch.他扑哧一声从烂泥里拔出脚来。🔊🔊