Compress
[kəm'pres] or [kəm'prɛs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever).
(verb.) squeeze or press together; 'she compressed her lips'; 'the spasm contracted the muscle'.
(verb.) make more compact by or as if by pressing; 'compress the data'.
阿德莱德手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.
(v. t.) To embrace sexually.
(n.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.
手打:温迪
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Condense, press, squeeze, crowd, press together.
整理:尼古拉斯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Condense, compact, crowd, squeeze, contract, abridge, epitomize, summarize
ANT:Expand, dilate, diffuse, colliquate, Compression,[See COMPRESS]
編輯:梅布尔
解釋/意思:
v.t. to press together: to force into a narrower space: to condense or concentrate.—n. Com′press soft folds of linen &c. formed into a pad and used in surgery to apply any requisite pressure to any part: a wet cloth covered with waterproof applied to the skin.—adj. Compressed′.—ns. Compressibil′ity Compres′sibleness the property that bodies have of being reduced in volume by pressure—the ratio of the amount of compression per unit volume to the compressing force applied.—adj. Compres′sible that may be compressed.—n. Compres′sion act of compressing: state of being compressed condensation.—adjs. Compres′sional; Compres′sive able to compress.—ns. Compres′sor anything that compresses; a muscle that compresses certain parts; Compres′sure.—Compressed-air bath a strong chamber of iron plates in which a patient can sit and into which air is driven by a steam-engine to any required pressure; Compressed-air motor any mode of employing air as a motive-power as in automatic railway-brakes &c.
錄入:普勒斯顿
例句/造句/用法:
- Our pilgrims compress too much into one day. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Now compress the artery leading from the organ, and the part between the heart and the point of pressur e, and the heart itself, become distended and take on a deep purple color. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- His problem therefore was how best to compress the air, or, as it appeared to him, how to secure a vacuum. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The load to be carried is placed on this table, and as the machine was at first designed to compress materials the load is pressed by the rising table against an upper stationary plate. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It is like a resilient spring in this respect, that it can give out no more power than was required to compress it. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- I will compress the story as far as may be done without omitting anything vital to the case. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Compress t he large vein entering the heart, and the part intervening between the point of constriction and the heart becomes empty and the organ pales and shrinks. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The carbon being only slightly compressed will offer considerable resistance to the flow of current from the local battery, and therefore the signal on the local sounder will be weak. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The principle of the air brake is to store up compressed air in a reservoir on the locomotive by means of a steam pump. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- It was at the bottom of a page, and was for want of room compressed into a smaller space than that occupied by the marriages above. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Manila hemp is obtained from the leaf stalks of the Philippine plant known as the Abacá, the leaf stems of which are compressed together, and constitute the trunk of the plant. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere features, I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin lips compressed. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- In passing through materials saturated with water, the shield is assisted by using compressed air in the working chamber. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- By compressing or exhausting air through this tube it is obvious that the lever, N, will be raised or depressed, and the clockwork set going accordingly. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Yes,' said Mrs. Sparsit, suddenly compressing her mouth, 'he had that—honour. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- There are the presses also that are used in compressing cotton. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Shirley leaned forwards on the table, her nostrils dilating a little, her taper fingers interlaced and compressing each other hard. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Among the pioneers was one which received the round bunch between two compressing jaws, and pressed it flat. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It follows from this law that the density and tension, and therefore the expansive force of a gas, are proportional to the compressing force to which it is subjected. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- He looked at me fixedly, compressing his well-cut lips while he did so. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- This causes a sound of very great power, which the trumpet collects and compresses, and the blast goes out as a sort of sound beam in the direction required. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Like drama which compresses the tragedy of a lifetime into a unity of time, place, and action, history foreshortens an epoch into an episode. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- C is an air compressing pump, whose plunger descending compresses the air and forces it out through valve I, pipe 2, and coil 3. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The water forced into the air chamber by the downward-moving piston compresses the air and increases its pressure. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- As the piston returns it compresses this mixture. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
編輯:雷金纳德