東西被壓扁、走樣
最直接的一層：手往下壓，東西就變扁。
adjective · B1
Broken, flattened, or pushed out of shape because something heavy pressed on it or squeezed it.
壓扁的
核心畫面
One way to hold squashed: a heavy hand pressing down from outside. Whatever is under that hand does not break into pieces and does not disappear. It just goes flat, loses its own shape, and has nowhere left to go. Everything squashed says grows out of that one downward press — a tomato, a passenger, or a piece of news.
squashed 的畫面可以想成一隻手從外面用力往下壓。被壓的東西不會碎掉，也不會不見。它只是變扁、走了樣，然後再也…更多收起
squashed 的畫面可以想成一隻手從外面用力往下壓。被壓的東西不會碎掉，也不會不見。它只是變扁、走了樣，然後再也沒有地方可以去。番茄是這樣，被夾在後座的人是這樣，剛冒出來的消息也是這樣。三個意思都從同一個「往下壓」的動作長出來。Three branches
人被擠得沒有空間
壓力一樣從外面來，只是這次被壓的是人和他的空間。
adjective · B1
Pressed tightly into a space that is too small, so that you are pushed hard against the people or things next to you.
被擠得很緊
消息或想法被壓下去
同一隻手，這次壓的是一件剛要冒出來的事。
adjective · B2
Stopped or kept quiet so that it cannot grow or spread — said about things like a rumour, a plan, an idea, or an argument.
被壓下來的
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
squashedadj
- 1
squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp
- Such threadbare coats and trousers, such fusty gowns and shawls, such squashed hats and bonnets, such boots and shoes, such umbrellas and walking-sticks, never were seen in Rag Fair.
- 2
suppressed or silenced
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。