The verb is pronounced /kəm'pres/. The noun is pronounced 'kɒmpres/. 動詞讀作 /kəm'pres/,名詞讀作 /'kɒmpres/。
1 V-ERG (使)壓緊;(使)壓縮 When you
compress something or when it
compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
(使)壓緊;(使)壓縮 -
Poor posture, sitting or walking slouched over, compresses the body's organs. [VERB noun]
坐着或者走路的時候低頭垂肩,這種不正確的姿勢會壓迫體内的器官。
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Air will compress but the brake fluid won't. [VERB]
空氣會壓縮,但是刹車油不會。
2 VERB 使簡練;縮短 If you
compress something such as a piece of writing or a description, you make it shorter.
使簡練;縮短 3 VERB [usually passive] 壓縮,縮短(時間) If an event
is compressed into a short space of time, it is given less time to happen than normal or previously.
壓縮,縮短(時間) -
The four debates will be compressed into an unprecedentedly short eight-day period. [be VERB-ed + into]
這4場辯論將被壓縮到短短8天的時間,這是前所未有的。
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Some courses such as engineering had to be compressed. [be VERB-ed]
有些課程,比如工程學,必須減少課時。
4 N-COUNT (用以退燒的)敷布,壓布 A
compress is a pad of wet or dry cloth pressed on part of a patient's body to reduce fever.
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