crush /krʌʃ/ star2 CET4 TEM4 (crushing,crushed,crushes)

• 1.  

  V-T（及物动词） To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces. 压扁; 压碎

  例：

  Andrew crushed his empty can.

  安德鲁压扁了他的空罐子。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） To crush a protest or movement, or a group of opponents, means to defeat it completely, usually by force. 镇压

  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.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） crushing 镇压

  例：

  ...the violent crushing of anti-government demonstrations.

  …对反政府示威运动的武力镇压。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you are crushed by something, it upsets you a great deal. 使精神崩溃 [usu passive]

  例：

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

  听批评意见，但不要被它击垮。

• 5.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you are crushed against someone or something, you are pushed or pressed against them. (与某人或某物) 挤在一起 [usu passive]

  例：

  We were at the front, crushed against the stage.

  我们在前面, 被挤得紧挨着舞台。

• 6.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A crush is a crowd of people close together, in which it is difficult to move. 拥挤的人群

  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。

• 7.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） If you have a crush on someone, you are in love with them but do not have a relationship with them. 暗恋 [非正式]

  例：

  She had a crush on you, you know.

  你知道吧，她曾暗恋过你。

• 8.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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 猛兽隔离区 [vet science]