英文词源
- squash
- squash: see quash
- squash (v.)
- "to crush, squeeze," early 14c., squachen, from Old French esquasser, escasser "to crush, shatter, destroy, break," from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + quassare "to shatter" (see quash "to crush"). Related: Squashed; squashing.
- squash (n.1)
- gourd fruit, 1640s, shortened borrowing from Narraganset (Algonquian) askutasquash, literally "the things that may be eaten raw," from askut "green, raw, uncooked" + asquash "eaten," in which the -ash is a plural affix (compare succotash).
- squash (n.2)
- 1610s, "act of squashing," from squash (v.). The racket game called by that name 1899; earlier (1886) it was the name of the soft rubber ball used in it.
中文词源
squash：南瓜
南瓜有大果和小果品种之分， squash 指的是小果品种的南瓜。美洲印第安人把它叫做 asquu tasquash ／ asku-tasqua 如，意思是 that which is eaten raw （可以生吃的东西）。美国早期移民吸收了该词，先是拼作 squoutersquash ，以后才把它缩略为 squash 的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：squash 词源，squash 含义。
squash：粉碎，挤，压
来自古法语 esquasser,来自通俗拉丁语*exquassare,粉碎，压碎，来自 ex-,向外，quassare,使粉 碎，词源同 quash.引申诸相关词义。