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Compress Compressed Smaller Noun Compression Make Kəmˈpres Sth

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[kəmˈpres]compressed, compressing, compresses

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压缩(99%),压榨(1%)
vt.压缩,压紧;精简
vi.受压缩小
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The verb is pronounced /kəm'pres/. The noun is pronounced /'kɒmpres/. 动词读作 /kəm'pres/,名词读作 /'kɒmpres/。
1
[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.
  [V n]
  [V]
  • 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。

compression
  • The compression of the wood is easily achieved.

    木头很容易压紧。

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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.
  [V n]
  • He never understood how to organize or compress large masses of material...

    他从来就不懂如何对大篇的材料进行整理或精简。

  • All those three books are compacted and compressed into one book.

    那三本书的内容全都压缩进一本书了。

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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.
  • Sore throats may be relieved by cold compresses.

    喉咙痛用冷敷布敷一下可能会好一些。


Oxford
com·press
verb
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noun
compress compresses compressed compressing
verb / kəmˈpres ; NAmE kəmˈpres / 1 [transitive ,  intransitive ] to press or squeeze sth together or into a smaller space; to be pressed or squeezed in this way (被)压紧,压缩 compresssth (into sth) compressed air/gas 压缩空气╱气体 compress(into sth) Her lips compressed into a thin line. 她的双唇抿成了一道缝。 2 [transitive ] compresssth (into sth) to reduce sth and fit it into a smaller space or amount of time 精简;浓缩;压缩 SYN
condense
The main arguments were compressed into one chapter. 主要的论证被精简为一个章节。
3 [transitive ] compresssth ( computing ) to make computer files, etc. smaller so that they use less space on a disk, etc. 压缩(文件等) OPP
decompress
com·pres·sion compression compressions / kəmˈpreʃn ; NAmE kəmˈpreʃn / noun [uncountable ] the compression of air 空气的压缩 data compression 数据压缩
noun / ˈkɒmpres ; NAmE ˈkɑːmpres / a cloth that is pressed onto a part of the body to stop the loss of blood, reduce pain, etc. (止血、减痛等的)敷布,压布 com·press / kəmˈpres ; NAmE kəmˈpres / com·pres·sion / kəmˈpreʃn ; NAmE kəmˈpreʃn / compress / ˈkɒmpres ; NAmE ˈkɑːmpres /
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1[intransitive, transitive] to press something or make it smaller so that it takes up less space, or to become smaller:  Light silk is best for parachutes, as it compresses well and then expands rapidly. Isobel nodded, her lips compressed.compress something into something Snow falling on the mountainsides is compressed into ice. The miners used rock drills and compressed air to drive through hard rock.2[intransitive, transitive] to make a computer file smaller by using a special computer program, which makes the file easier to store or send, or to become smaller in this way:  The program compresses any data saved to the disk.3[transitive] to write or express something using fewer words SYN  condensecompress something into something In this chapter we compress into summary form the main issues discussed so far.4[transitive] to reduce the amount of time that it takes for something to happen or be donecompress something into something Many couples want to compress their childbearing into a short space of time in their married life.compressible adjectivecompression /-ˈpreʃən/ noun [uncountable]:  data compression
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compresscom‧press2 /ˈkɒmpres $ ˈkɑːm-/ noun [countable]
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a small thick piece of material that you put on part of someone’s body to stop blood flowing out or to make it less painfulcold/hot compress Apply a cold compress to the injury.

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