17世纪，squelch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”； squelch为现代人普遍接受的用法“to put down or suppress thoroughly or completely”（镇压；完全压制）则开始于19世纪。

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squelch可以帮您解答这个疑问。 先看两个例子：I could hear his broken shoes squelching in the water.（我可以听到他的破鞋在水中嘎吱嘎吱作响。

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