v.壓碎；擊敗；使...失望；折皺；壓榨

n.壓碎；壓榨；極度擁擠；迷戀

A windmill is used to crush grain into flour. 風車被用來把谷粒軋成面粉。

It took him only 50 minutes to crush his opponent. 他只用了50分鐘時間就擊敗了對手。

This victory inspired vigor in the Armenian national team and they finally crushed the English team. 這場勝利激起了亞美尼亞隊的斗志,他們最終擊敗了英國隊。

I was crushed that I wasn't invited. 沒有受到邀請,我感到很失望。

Her refusal crushed all our hopes. 她一拒絕,我們的希望就全都破滅了。

Some synthetic materials do not crush easily. 有些化纖衣料不易起皺。

She refused to sit down in case she crushed her dress. 她拒絕坐下,以免弄皺自己的連衣裙。

He always crushes juice from grapes instead of eating them. 他總是用葡萄榨葡萄汁,而不是吃葡萄。

I've got a crush on my pretty toy pistol. 我非常喜歡我漂亮的玩具手槍。

I prefer orange crush to coffee because the former is healthier. 與咖啡相比,我更喜歡橙汁,因為橙汁更有益于健康。

There was such a crush on the train that I could hardly breathe. 火車上擠得我都喘不過氣來。

crush into表示“塞進，壓進”的意思，而crush to則表示“壓到……上”，例如crush clothes into the trunk（將衣物塞進皮箱）和crush to the ground（壓到地上）。

crush的基本意思是“壓碎”“壓榨”,多指在兩個堅硬物體的表面之間擠壓,所施加的力量會對原物體的形狀與完整造成破壞。其結果可以是永久破壞,其形狀也可以彈回原形。引申可指所采取的行動無法反抗,即“壓服”“壓垮”“消滅”等。

crush既可用作不及物動詞,也可用作及物動詞。前者作“擠進”“擠入”解時,常與into, past, through等詞連用,后者常可用于被動語態(tài)。