no obj.
1- make a soft sucking sound such as that made by treading heavily through mud（因脚踩泥地而）发出嘎吱声：
bedraggled guests squelched across the lawns to seek shelter.
全身湿透的客人扑哧扑哧地穿过草坪去避雨。
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- informal forcefully silence or suppress〈非正式〉把…镇住, 使不再作声; 镇压：
property developers tried to squelch public protest.
房地产开发商想压制公众的抗议。
1
- a soft sucking sound made when pressure is applied to liquid or mud（踩在液体或泥上发出的）嘎吱声：
the squelch of their feet.
他们脚底发出的嘎吱声。
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- （亦作squelch circuit）Electronics a circuit that suppresses the output of a radio receiver if the signal strength falls below a certain level【电子】静噪电路, 噪声抑制电路。
派生词
squelcher
nounsquelchy
adjective词源
early 17th cent. (originally denoting a heavy crushing fall on to something soft)： imitative.