Pressure
['preʃə] or ['prɛʃɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a force that compels; 'the public brought pressure to bear on the government'.
(noun.) the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; 'the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal'.
(noun.) the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); 'the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure'.
(noun.) an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress.
卡拉校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
(n.) A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
(n.) Affliction; distress; grievance.
(n.) Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
(n.) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
(n.) The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area.
贾尼斯編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Compressing, squeezing, crushing force.[2]. Influence, constraining force.[3]. Urgency, press, hurry.
约瑟夫編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Exigency, urgency, constraining, hurry, influence,[See EXISTENCE]
珍妮特編輯
解釋/意思:
n. act of pressing or squeezing: the state of being pressed: impulse: constraining force or influence: that which presses or afflicts: difficulties: urgency: strong demand: (physics) the action of force on something resisting it.—Centre of pressure (see Centre).
贝蒂整理
例句/造句/用法:
- The instruments show a rapidly decreasing air pressure on all parts of Barsoom--the engine has stopped. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- When the cranes or other apparatus to be worked thereby are in operation, water is passed from the cylinder through a small pipe which actuates the crane through hydraulic pressure. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Then came improved weighted and other safety valves to regulate and control this pressure. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Bloody insurrections repeatedly broke out, always traceable ultimately to the pressure of taxation. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- This machine contains a number of rotating beaters and high-pressure streams of water. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The gas, when purified, is conveyed to the gas-holder, whence it is forced by pressure into the mains and pipes. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- By the high pressures, or stresses given by the hydraulic press it was learned that cold metals have plasticity and can be moulded or stretched like other plastic bodies. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- These stresses are results of the longitudinal and radial pressures of the gas developed by the ignition and explosion of the powder. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- In fact, Boyle had sustained the hypothesis that supposes the pressures and expansions to be in reciprocal proportions. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The boy flying a kite has to keep his eye on the kite, and has to note the various pressures of the string on his hand. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- By means of this instrument, pressures that are otherwise inappreciable and undiscoverable may be observed and indicated. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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