squash

vt. 镇压；把…压扁；使沉默

vi. 受挤压；发出挤压声；挤入

n. 壁球；挤压；咯吱声；南瓜属植物；（英）果汁饮料

中文词源

squash 粉碎，挤，压

来自古法语 esquasser,来自通俗拉丁语*exquassare,粉碎，压碎，来自 ex-,向外，quassare,使粉碎，词源同 quash.引申诸相关词义。

squash: squash: see quash
squash (v.): "to crush, squeeze," early 14c., squachen, from Old French esquasser, escasser "to crush, shatter, destroy, break," from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + quassare "to shatter" (see quash "to crush"). Related: Squashed; squashing.
squash (n.1): gourd fruit, 1640s, shortened borrowing from Narraganset (Algonquian) askutasquash, literally "the things that may be eaten raw," from askut "green, raw, uncooked" + asquash "eaten," in which the -ash is a plural affix (compare succotash).
squash (n.2): 1610s, "act of squashing," from squash (v.). The racket game called by that name 1899; earlier (1886) it was the name of the soft rubber ball used in it.

谐音“使垮兮，撕垮兮”。2. discussion, percussion => quatere 'shake, strike' => quassare 'shake to pieces, break' => cashier, quash, squash.3. "使去ash"

2. Amazing place he's got there—squash courts, swimming pool, jacuzzi, the works.: 他的那个地方真是太棒了——壁球场、游泳池、按摩浴池，一应俱全。

3. Squash was once thought to offer all-round fitness.: 人们曾一度认为打壁球可以进行全身性锻炼。