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Compress Compressed Pressed Verb Short 英[Kəmˈpres 美[Kəmˈprɛs Vt.压紧;压缩;精简;N.止血敷布;打包机

单词 compress
音标
英[kəmˈpres] 美[kəmˈprɛs]
解释
vt.压紧;压缩;精简;n.止血敷布;打包机;
例句

V-ERG
(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.
例: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。
例:Air will compress but the brake fluid won't.空气会压缩,但是刹车油不会。

VERB
使简练;缩短
If you compress something such as a piece of writing or a description, you make it shorter.
例: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。
例: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。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例:Some courses such as engineering had to be compressed.有些课程,比如工程学,必须减少课时。

N-COUNT
(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.
例:Sore throats may be relieved by cold compresses.喉咙痛用冷敷布敷一下可能会好一些。
变形
noun:compression~third:compresses~done:compressed~ing:compressing~past:compressed~

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