The verb is pronounced /kəm'pres/. The noun is pronounced /'kɒmpres/. 动词读作 /kəm'pres/,名词读作 /'kɒmpres/。
- 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.
- 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。 - 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.
- 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。 - 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.
- 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。 - 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.
- Sore throats may be relieved by cold compresses.
喉咙痛用冷敷布敷一下可能会好一些。