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squelch (obj)skweltFvto make a sucking sound like the one produced when you are walking on soft wet ground发吮吸声，嘎吱嘎吱地发出声音He got out of the car and squelched through the mud to open the gate. [I always + adv/prep]他下了车嘎吱嘎吱地走过泥地去开大门。They squelched back and forth across the wet carpet carrying things out of the flooded bathroom. [I always + adv/prep]他们在湿地毯上嘎吱嘎吱地来回走，把漫水的浴室中的东西搬出来。(Am) If you squelch something that is causing you problems, you end it quickly.消除A spokeswoman at the White House has squelched rumors about the president's ill-health. [T]白宫的一位女发言人有力地驳斥了关于总统健康不佳的谣言。(Am) If you squelch someone, you silence them with a critical remark.把…镇住，使不再作声The senator thoroughly squelched the journalist who tried to interrupt him during his speech. [T]参议员完全镇住了想在他发言时插嘴的记者。
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