compress

英 [k?m'pres] 美[k?m'pr?s]
  • vi. 受壓縮小
  • vt. 壓縮,壓緊;精簡(jiǎn)

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詞態(tài)變化


第三人稱單數(shù):?compresses;過(guò)去式:?compressed;過(guò)去分詞:?compressed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?compressing;名詞:?compression;

助記提示


1、com- "together" + press-.
2、字面含義為:press (something) together.

中文詞源


compress 壓縮

com-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-press, 壓。

英文詞源


compress
compress: see press
compress (v.)
late 14c., "to press (something) together," from Old French compresser "compress, put under pressure," from Latin compressare "to press together," frequentative of comprimere "to squeeze," from com- "together" (see com-) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). Related: Compressed; compressing.
compress (n.)
1590s in the surgical sense, from compress (v.).

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. He never understood how to organize or compress large masses of material.
他從來(lái)就不懂如何對(duì)大篇的材料進(jìn)行整理或精簡(jiǎn)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. You can compress huge amounts of data on to a CD-ROM.
可以把大量的數(shù)據(jù)壓縮到一張CD-ROM上。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. Wood blocks may compress a great deal under pressure.
木塊受壓時(shí)可縮小很多.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. The panelists are left to compress their inquiries into one good zinger of a question.
專家討論小組的成員剩下的工作就是將他們的質(zhì)詢精簡(jiǎn)成一個(gè)精妙的問(wèn)題。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. They used an air compressor to take in atmospheric air , compress it, and force it into the cabin.
他們用一臺(tái)空氣壓縮機(jī)把大氣中的空氣吸進(jìn)來(lái), 加以壓縮, 然后送入船艙.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》