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. 压扁; 压碎

Andrew crushed his empty can. 安德鲁压扁了他的空罐子。

...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. 镇压

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. crushingN-UNCOUNT 镇压

...the violent crushing of anti-government demonstrations. …对反政府示威运动的武力镇压。

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

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 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]

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

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 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]

She had a crush on you, you know. 你知道吧，她曾暗恋过你。

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 猛兽隔离区[vet science]