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1 erdrücken
v/t1. (zu Tode drücken) crush (to death)2. fig. (überbelasten) overwhelm; (niederdrücken) weigh down; von Arbeit fast erdrückt snowed under ( oder swamped) with work, hopelessly overworked3. fig. (Raum) Möbelstück etc.: be too overpowering for; (Kunstwerk etc.) auch kill umg.* * *er|drụ̈|cken [ɛɐ'drʏkn] ptp erdrü\#cktvtto crush ( to death); (fig = überwältigen) to overwhelmdie Schuld erdrückte ihn beinah[e] — the sense of guilt oppressed him or weighed down on him
* * *er·drü·cken *vt1. (zu Tode drücken)▪ jdn/ein Tier \erdrücken to crush sb/an animal to deathmerkst du nicht, dass du dein Kind mit deiner Liebe fast erdrückst? can't you see that you're almost stifling the child with love3. (sehr stark belasten)▪ jdn \erdrücken to overwhelm sbdie Schulden drohten ihn zu \erdrücken he's up to his ears in debts* * *transitives Verb1) crush2) (fig.) overwhelm* * *erdrücken v/t1. (zu Tode drücken) crush (to death)von Arbeit fast erdrückt snowed under ( oder swamped) with work, hopelessly overworked* * *transitives Verb1) crush2) (fig.) overwhelm* * *v.to crush v.to overwhelm v. -
2 erdrückend
I Part. Präs. erdrückenII Adj. Hitze: intolerable, unbearable; Sorgen etc.: oppressive; stärker: crippling; Beweislast, Übermacht: overwhelming* * *damning* * *(showing faults, sins etc: The evidence was damning.) damning* * *er·drü·ckendadj overwhelming\erdrückende Beweise overwhelming evidence* * *Adjektiv overwhelming <evidence, superiority>* * *B. adj Hitze: intolerable, unbearable; Sorgen etc: oppressive; stärker: crippling; Beweislast, Übermacht: overwhelming* * *Adjektiv overwhelming <evidence, superiority>* * *adj.crushing adj. -
3 haushoch
I Adj.1. very high, huge2. fig. vast, enormous; haushohe Niederlage shattering ( oder crushing) defeat; haushoher Sieg walkover, Am. walkawayII Adv.: haushoch gewinnen win hands down; haushoch schlagen trounce; SPORT auch play s.o. into the ground; haushoch überlegen sein (+ Dat) be more than a match for; bes. Einzelperson: auch be head and shoulders above; in Wissen, Erfahrung etc.: be streets (Am. miles) ahead of; zahlenmäßig: outnumber by far; sie ist ihm haushoch überlegen auch he’s no match for her, he can’t hold a candle to her; haushoch verlieren suffer a crushing defeat, be thrashed umg.* * *haus|hoch1. adj(as) high as a house/houses; (fig ) Sieg crushingder haushohe Favorit — the hot favourite (Brit inf) or favorite (US inf)
2. advhigh ( in the sky)jdn háúshoch schlagen — to give sb a hammering (inf) or thrashing (inf)
háúshoch gewinnen — to win hands down, to win by miles (inf)
jdm háúshoch überlegen sein — to be head and shoulders above sb
* * *haus·hoch[ˈhaushox]I. adjhaushohe Flammen gigantic [or huge] flameshaushohe Wellen mountainous waveseine haushohe Niederlage a crushing defeatein haushoher Sieg an overwhelming victoryein haushoher Favorit a hot favourite [or AM -oritedie gegnerische Mannschaft wurde \haushoch geschlagen the opposition was decisively defeated* * *1. 2.haushoch gewinnen/jemanden haushoch schlagen — win hands down/beat somebody hands down
jemandem haushoch überlegen sein — be vastly superior to somebody
* * *A. adj1. very high, huge2. fig vast, enormous;haushohe Niederlage shattering ( oder crushing) defeat;haushoher Sieg walkover, US walkawayB. adv:haushoch gewinnen win hands down;haushoch überlegen sein (+dat) be more than a match for; besonders Einzelperson: auch be head and shoulders above; in Wissen, Erfahrung etc: be streets (US miles) ahead of; zahlenmäßig: outnumber by far;haushoch verlieren suffer a crushing defeat, be thrashed umg* * *1. 2.haushoch gewinnen/jemanden haushoch schlagen — win hands down/beat somebody hands down
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