| 单词 | press |
| 释义 | press (once / 28 pages) 1vn 2v 3v 4vn 5vn 6n 7v 8n To press something is to push it, like if you press an elevator button or press your friend to tell you a secret. If you get that secret, don’t leak it to the press, which is another word for news media. Press is also a noun, meaning a machine that uses pressure, either to squeeze liquid out of something (like an apple cider press), or to stamp a design or text on something (like a printing press). There's also a press of people, or a crowd of folks so close they press against each other; and "the press," or the news media, which got the name because newspapers are printed using a press. WORD FAMILYpress: pressed, presses, pressing, pressure+/depressurize: depressurized, depressurizes, depressurizing/overpressure: overpressures/pressed: unpressed/pressing: pressingly, pressings/pressure: overpressure, pressured, pressures, pressuring, pressurise, pressurize/pressurise: depressurise/pressurize: depressurize, pressurized, pressurizing USAGE EXAMPLESThe purpose of the press is to inform and educate, not mislead with incomplete information presented as facts. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) As employees, they would be eligible to press for a range of benefits that would upend the firms’ labor costs and business models. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) A CT scan found a 15-centimeter tumor in his chest, so big it was pressing on his windpipe. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v exert pressure or force to or upon He pressed down on the boards press your thumb on this spot Hypo|Hyper squeeze press firmly crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelchto compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition cranch, craunch, crunch, grindpress or grind with a crushing noise bear down, bear down on, drag down, press down on, weigh downexert a force with a heavy weight knucklepress or rub with the knuckles pushpress against forcefully without moving wringtwist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid clenchsqueeze together tightly stampcrush or grind with a heavy instrument steamrollercrush with a steamroller as if to level treadcrush as if by treading on telescopecrush together or collapse touch make physical contact with, come in contact with 2v force or impel in an indicated direction Syn|Hypo|Hyper exhort, urge, urge on hurry, rush urge to an unnatural speed bear on, pushpress, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action advocate, preachspeak, plead, or argue in favor of nudgepush into action by pestering or annoying gently moralise, moralize, preachify, sermonise, sermonizespeak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements bull, bull throughpush or force advise, counsel, rede give advice to 3v create by pressing Press little holes into the soft clay Hyper create, make make or cause to be or to become 4v press from a plastic press a record Syn|Hyper press out cast, mold, mould form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold 5v squeeze or press together Syn|Hypo|Hyper compact, compress, constrict, contract, squeeze choke, strangle constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing primcontract one's lips astringeconstrict or bind or draw together strangulateconstrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air convulsecontract involuntarily, as in a spasm convulsecause to contract bear down, overbearcontract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery choke, fret, gagbe too tight; rub or press choke, scragwring the neck of tighten become tight or tighter 6v place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure pressed flowers Hypo|Hyper iron, iron out press and smooth with a heated iron calenderpress between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets manglepress with a mangle flatten, flatten out become flat or flatter 7v crowd closely The crowds pressed along the street Hyper mass join together into a mass or collect or form a mass 8n the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure he gave the button a press Syn|Hypo|Hyper pressing, pressure impression the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another compressing, compressionapplying pressure squeeze, squeezingthe act of gripping and pressing firmly condensation, condensingthe act of increasing the density of something compaction, crunch, crushthe act of crushing constrictionthe action or process of compressing push, pushing the act of applying force in order to move something away 9n any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids Syn|Hypo|Hyper mechanical press cheese press a press for shaping cheese curd ciderpressa press that is used to extract the juice from apples garlic pressa press for extracting juice from garlic hydraulic presspress in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area punch pressa power driven press used to shape metal parts winepressa press that is used to extract the juice from grapes bench pressa small punch press mounted on a workbench machine any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks 10n a dense crowd of people Syn|Hypo|Hyper crush, jam snarl-up, traffic jam a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move gridlocka traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible crowd a large number of things or people considered together 11n clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use 2Hyper clamp, clinch a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together 1v to be oppressive or burdensome "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind Syn|Hyper weigh count, matter, weigh have weight; have import, carry weight 2v be urgent 3This is a pressing problem Hyper be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) v press and smooth with a heated iron 4press your shirts Syn|Hypo iron, iron out mangle press with a mangle 1v lift weights This guy can press 300 pounds Syn|Hyper weight-lift, weightlift exercise, work out do physical exercise 2n a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead 5Syn|Hyper military press weightlift, weightlifting bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights 1v exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for Syn|Hyper agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, push advertise, advertize, promote, push make publicity for; try to sell (a product) advertise, advertize, promote, push make publicity for; try to sell (a product) 2v ask for or request earnestly Syn|Hyper adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat plead appeal or request earnestly 3n the state of demanding notice or attention 6the press of business matters Syn|Hyper imperativeness, insistence, insistency, pressure urgency the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity 1n the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines Syn|Hypo|Hyper public press free press a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology newspaper, papera daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements mag, magazinea periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it gutter presspress that engages in sensational journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures) dailya newspaper that is published every day gazettea newspaper or official journal school newspaper, school papera newspaper written and published by students in a school rag, sheet, tabloidnewspaper with half-size pages colour supplement(British) a magazine that is printed in color and circulated with a newspaper (especially on weekends) comic booka magazine devoted to comic strips news magazinea magazine devoted to reports of current events; usually published weekly pulp, pulp magazinean inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper glossy, slick, slick magazinea magazine printed on good quality paper trade magazinea magazine published for and read by members of a particular trade group print media a medium that disseminates printed matter 2n a machine used for printing 7Syn|Hypo|Hyper printing press cylinder press, flatbed press a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type rotary pressa printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder standing pressa large printing press that exerts pressure vertically machine any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks v make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby 8Syn|Hyper push force, push move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" n a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes Syn|Hypo|Hyper closet, wardrobe armoire a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons clothes closet, clothespressa closet where clothes are stored coat closeta closet for storing outerwear article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy |
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