1. vt. & vi.压碎，压坏　 press so that there is breaking or injury
2. vt.弄皱　 cause to become full of creases or irregular folds
3. vi.挤进，挤入　 move into or through
4. vt.镇压，消灭，击溃　 subdue, defeat completely

　～ difficulties under foot　把困难踩在脚下
　～ a plot　粉碎阴谋
　～ a rebellion　平定叛乱
　～ a riot　平定叛乱
　～ the worm　把虫子踩死
　～ badly　压皱得不成样子
　～ completely　大败
　～ finally　最后粉碎
　～ nervously　紧张地挤入
　～ painfully　痛苦地挤入
　～ perfectly　完美地压碎
　～ down　碾碎，打倒，镇压
　～ down the crops　踩倒农作物
　～ down with grief　为悲哀所压倒
　～ out　压出，榨出
　～ out the juice　榨出…汁
　～ out a rebellion　镇压一场叛乱
　～ up　碾碎，粉碎；把…揉成一团
　～ up a letter　把信揉成一团
　～ sb's way through　从…挤出去
　～ against　压向…
　～ against the barriers　压向了栅栏
　～ by house falling　在房屋倒坍时压伤
　～ into　挤进，压成，碾成
　～ things into a box　把东西塞进箱里
　～ into powder　被压成粉
　～ into small pieces　被轧碎
　～ sb to death　把某人压死
　～ sth to pieces　把某物压得粉碎
　～ towards the door　挤向门口
　～ with grief　郁郁寡欢

　Glassware crushes easily.　玻璃器皿容易压碎。
　Eggs crushes easily.　鸡蛋容易压碎。
　This dress crushes easily.　这件衣服容易起皱。
　A large crowd crushed past the barrier.　大群的人挤过了障碍物。
　Don't you want to crush the box?　难道你想把盒子挤坏?
　He crushed the table by sitting on it.　他坐在桌子上把它压坏了。
　This machine crushes wheat grain to make flour.　这台机器把麦子磨成面粉。
　Her refusal crushed all our hopes.　她一拒绝，我们的希望全都破灭了。
　The postman tried to crush the packet through the letter-box.　邮递员使劲把信件塞进信箱里。
　The box was crushed when the car ran over it.　汽车碾过箱子时把它给压碎了。
　The clothes were badly crushed in the suitcase.　衣服压在箱子里皱得不像样子了。
　The rebellion was crushed by government forces.　政府军已把叛乱镇压下去。

 ♣ crush into　(v.+prep.)
1. 把…压成；使…挤入 move into a marrow by pressing or pushing
　When the gates were opened, crowds of football supporters crushed into the ground.　当球场大门打开时，大群的球迷挤了进去。
　You can't crush twenty people into such a tiny room.　不能让二十个人挤进这样一个狭小的房间里。
　It's impossible to crush any more football supporters into the ground; it's already full.　球场已经满了，无法再挤进足球迷了。
　This machine is made to crush the rock into power.　这台机器是用来把石头压成碎末的。
2. 压服 make sb or a group obey
　The conquerors believed in crushing the defeated people into submission, knowing that they could not win their loyalty by the victory.　征服者们知道他们的胜利并不能赢得失败者的忠心，于是就认为只有通过武力将他们压服。
 ♣ crush out　(v.+adv.)
　扑灭，熄灭　cause to stop burning
　He crushed out the cigarette.　他把烟熄灭了。
　The firemen crushed out the fire.　消防队员把火扑灭了。
 ♣ crush out of　(v.+adv.+prep.)
　从…挤出〔榨出〕　remove sth by pressing or squeezing
　I'll crush the juice out of oranges for you.　我榨橙子汁给你喝。
　We were crushed out of the auditorium.　我们被挤出了礼堂。
　The additional supporters were crushed out of the football ground.　另外一些球迷被挤出足球场。
　Her youthful spirit was crushed out of her by hardships.　由于受到种种艰难困苦的折磨，她那蓬勃的朝气消失了。
 ♣ crush up　(v.+adv.)
　捣碎　break sth hard into small pieces or into powder by pressing
　Huge hammers crush up the rocks.　用大锤把岩石砸成了碎块。
　This machine crushes the rock up so that it can be used for road building.　这台机器能粉碎石头，可用来筑路。

 ♣ crush, mush
　这组词的共同含义是“压碎”，其区别是：crush指挤压或碾压成碎片；mush指捣成泥。
 ♣ crush, quell, suppress
　这组词均可作“压服”解。其区别是：
　crush　多用于非物质性的东西，所施加的力量将造成破坏，所采取的行动无法反抗；quell指彻底地使对方屈服、被动或瘫痪，可用于人和动物，它还有“扑灭”的意思；suppress指有意识地运用权力或力量公开地压服或消灭，强调被压服或消灭的目标很明确。