Front | compress |
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Pron | ['kɑːmpres] |
Back | 【COMPRESS】 Compressed air has a great deal of force when it released. 压缩空气被放出时,能产生很大的力量。 【重点词汇】 compress v. 压缩 |
Vocab | compresssqueeze or press together
The noun compress refers to a pad that's held to your body to reduce pain or symptoms of illness. A washcloth dipped in cold water and pressed onto your forehead to help you cool down is a type of compress. As a verb, compress means to squeeze together with a fair amount of pressure. When you compress a sponge to get all the water out, you press it between your palms or squish it between your fingers. Compress can also mean to make something more compact — as with the sponge, when you compress an object it gets smaller. You could even compress a speech by cutting it down into a shorter but equally effective version. All forms of 'compress' will appear on average once every 572 pages. compress compressed compressible compressing compression compressor decompress uncompress compressibility incompressible decompressing decompression incompressibility |
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