Squelch: 泥地里的嘎吱声
<p><span word="Squelch">Squelch</span>: 泥地里的嘎吱声</p><p>下雨天有没有走过泥泞的乡村小路？在满是泥浆的地里，您会听到脚下什么声音？嘎吱嘎吱？怎么形容这种声音？单词<span word="squelch">squelch</span>可以帮您解答这个疑问。 先看两个例子：<span word="I">I</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="broken">broken</span> <span word="shoes">shoes</span> <span word="squelching">squelching</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="water">water</span>.（我可以听到他的破鞋在水中嘎吱嘎吱作响。<span word="The">The</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="buffalo">buffalo</span> <span word="squelched">squelched</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="paddy">paddy</span> <span word="fields">fields</span>, <span word="pulling">pulling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plough">plough</span>.（水牛拉着犁，在稻田里咕唧咕唧地走着。） 一种说法认为，<span word="squelch">squelch</span>在这里是个拟声词，但如果翻看牛津字典会发现，<span word="squelch">squelch</span>的词源和它的另一个意思“使缄默；镇压”有直接关系。 17世纪，<span word="squelch">squelch</span>进入英语词汇，当时指“重击身体某一部位”；到了1686年，人们开始使用它的比喻用法“击倒，打垮”； <span word="squelch">squelch</span>为现代人普遍接受的用法“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="suppress">suppress</span> <span word="thoroughly">thoroughly</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="completely">completely</span>”（镇压；完全压制）则开始于19世纪。</p><p>来看个例子：<span word="She">She</span> <span word="squelched">squelched</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="biting">biting</span> <span word="sarcasm">sarcasm</span>.（她尖刻的挖苦使他们哑口无言。）</p>
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