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- a uniform mass made by crushing a substance into a soft pulp, sometimes with the addition of liquid糊状物, 泥状物, 浆：
pound the garlic to a mash.
把蒜头捣成蒜泥。
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- mass noun bran mixed with hot water, given as a warm food to horses or other animals（作为热食的）米糠饲料, 麦麸饲料。
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- mass noun Brit. informal boiled and mashed potatoes, typically with milk and butter added〈英, 非正式〉土豆泥。
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- mass noun(in brewing) a mixture of powdered malt and hot water, which is stood until the sugars dissolve to form the wort（酿酒用语）麦芽浆。
with obj.
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- reduce (a food or other substance) to a uniform mass by crushing it将…捣成糊状：
mash the beans to a paste
把豆子捣成泥
as adj. mashed mashed potato.土豆泥。
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- crush or smash (something) to a pulp打烂, 打碎：
he almost had his head mashed by a slamming door.
他的头差一点被猛然关上的门砸碎。
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- no obj. US & W. Indian informal press forcefully on (something)〈美, 西印度, 非正式〉使劲压：
the worst thing you can do is mash the brake pedal.
最糟糕的事就是你拼命踩刹车。
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- US & W. Indian informal attack or assault〈美, 西印度, 非正式〉攻击; 袭击：
they both got mashed up pretty bad.
他们两个都被痛打了一顿。
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- (in brewing) mix (powdered malt) with hot water to form wort（酿酒用语）将（麦芽粉）调成麦芽浆。
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- Brit. informal infuse or brew (tea)〈英, 非正式〉泡（茶）。
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- no obj.(of tea) draw; brew沏（茶）。
词源
Old English māsc (used as a brewing term), of West Germanic origin; perhaps ultimately related to MIX.