quash

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kwɒʃ/    美 /kwɑʃ/|/kwɔʃ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To defeat decisively, to suppress.
    — The army quashed the rebellion.
  2. To crush or dash to pieces. obsolete
    — The whales / Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, / Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.
  3. To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
    — In the case of an appeal against conviction the Court shall, if they allow the appeal, quash the conviction.

词形变化

quashes present,singular,third-person quashing participle,present quashed participle,past quashed past

词汇关系

衍生词
quashable quasher toquash unquashed
相关词
cask casket concussion discuss discussion fracas percussion rescue squash

词源

From Middle English quaschen, quasshen, cwessen, quassen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre, under the influence of cassō (“to annul”), from Latin quatiō (“to shake”) Cognate with Dutch kwetsen (“to hurt, injure”), German quetschen (“to crush, squash”), Spanish quejar (“to complain”).
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