The verb is pronounced /kəm'pres/. The noun is pronounced /'kɒmpres/. 动词读作 /kəm'pres/,名词读作 /'kɒmpres/。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)压紧;(使)压缩 When you
compress something or when it
compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
Poor posture, sitting or walking slouched over, compresses the body's organs...
坐着或者走路的时候低头垂肩,这种不正确的姿势会压迫体内的器官。
Air will compress but the brake fluid won't.
空气会压缩,但是刹车油不会。
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[VERB 动词]使简练;缩短 If you
compress something such as a piece of writing or a description, you make it shorter.
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[VERB 动词]压缩,缩短(时间) If an event
is compressed into a short space of time, it is given less time to happen than normal or previously.
[be V-ed into n]
[be V-ed]
[usu passive]
The four debates will be compressed into an unprecedentedly short eight-day period...
这4场辩论将被压缩到短短8天的时间,这是前所未有的。
Some courses such as engineering had to be compressed.
有些课程,比如工程学,必须减少课时。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](用以退烧的)敷布,压布 A
compress is a pad of wet or dry cloth pressed on part of a patient's body to reduce fever.