crush

Schwärmerei

Ein starkes romantisches Interesse an jemandem, den man oft nicht gut kennt.

In einfachem Englisch: A strong romantic interest in someone, often someone you do not know well.

• I have a crush on Sam.
• She had a secret crush on her classmate.
• Did you ever have a crush on a teacher?

So benutzt man es: a crush on someone (He has a crush on his neighbour.)

Synonyme: infatuation

Häufige Wendungen: have a crush, crush on someone

Schwarm

Jemand, für den man starke romantische Gefühle hat, oft ohne mit dieser Person zusammen zu sein.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone you have strong romantic feelings for, often without having a relationship with them.

• My crush smiled at me.
• Her first crush was a boy at school.
• He finally spoke to his celebrity crush.

Häufige Wendungen: my first crush, celebrity crush

Gedränge

Eine große Menschenmenge, in der alle so eng zusammenstehen, dass man sich kaum bewegen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: A large group of people pressed so closely together that moving is difficult.

• We could barely move in the crush.
• A crush of passengers filled the station entrance.
• She lost her bag in the crush outside.

Synonyme: crowd, throng

Häufige Wendungen: crush of people, in the crush

zerquetschen

Etwas durch sehr starken Druck beschädigen oder zerstören.

In einfachem Englisch: To damage or destroy something by pressing it very hard.

• Do not crush the box.
• A falling tree crushed their car.
• The empty cans were crushed flat.

Synonyme: squash, flatten

Häufige Wendungen: crush a can, crush something flat

zerdrücken, quetschen

Etwas stark drücken, sodass sich seine Form verändert oder Flüssigkeit herausgepresst wird.

In einfachem Englisch: To press something very hard, changing its shape or squeezing liquid out.

• Crush the grapes to get their juice.
• She crushed the garlic with a knife.
• The machine crushes fruit between two heavy rollers.

Synonyme: squeeze, squash

Häufige Wendungen: crush grapes, crush garlic

zermahlen, zerkleinern

Etwas durch Drücken, Schlagen oder Mahlen in sehr kleine Stücke zerteilen.

In einfachem Englisch: To break something into very small pieces by pressing, hitting, or grinding it.

• Crush the nuts before adding them.
• He crushed the ice for our drinks.
• These stones can be crushed into powder.

So benutzt man es: crush something into something (Crush the seeds into a fine powder.)

Synonyme: grind, pulverize

Häufige Wendungen: crush nuts, crush into powder