/skweltʃ; skwɛltʃ/
v
1 [I] make a sucking sound as when feet are lifted from thick sticky mud 发吧唧声或扑哧声（如脚从黏泥中拔出时）
*water squelching in my boots 我靴子里的水扑扑作响.
2 [Ipr, Ip] move in the specified direction making this sound 发出吧唧声或扑哧声行走
*cows squelching across the field 发出吧唧声穿过牧场的母牛
* squelching along (in the mud) （在泥泞中）扑哧扑哧向前走.

n squelching sound 吧唧声; 扑哧声.

v
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: From the sound]
[I]
to make a sucking sound by walking or moving in something soft and wet
　My hair was dripping and my shoes squelched as I walked.
squelch through/along/up
　We squelched across the field.
[T]AmE
to stop something from continuing to develop or spread
= squash
　Her creativity had been squelched.
>squelchn[C]