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单词 compress
释义 compress

compress /ˈkɒm.pres/ aep /ˈkɑːm-/ noun [C]
F0 a thick, soft piece of cloth that is pressed to a part of a person's body to stop bleeding or to reduce pain or swelling: » a cold/hot compressThesaurus+: ↑Medical dressings, supports and devices
compress /kəmˈpres/ verb [T] ↑Verb Endings for compress
1
F0 to press something into a smaller space:
» Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure.» compressed airThesaurus+: ↑Squeezing and grinding
2
F0 to make information, a piece of writing, etc. shorter:
» The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months.» I managed to compress ten pages of notes into four paragraphs.Thesaurus+: ↑Becoming and making smaller or less , ↑Becoming and making less strong
3
F0 to make a computer file use less space when it is stored in the memory of a computer or on a disk, by using a special program:
» to compress data/filesThesaurus+: ↑Operating computerscompression /-ˈpreʃ.ən/ noun [U]
F0 the action of compressing or being compressedThesaurus+: ↑Squeezing and grindingcompressible /-ɪ.bl̩/ adjective
F0» compressible gasThesaurus+: ↑The state of matter
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