英语词汇“suppressor”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

suppress /sə-presˈ/

transitive verb

To crush, put down

To subdue

To hold back, esp from publication, circulation, divulgation, expression or development

To check, stop, restrain

To hold in

To moderate

To leave out

To hold or press down (Spenser)

To ravish (Spenser)

ORIGIN: L supprimere, suppressum, from sub under, and premere to press

suppressˈant noun

A substance, eg a drug, that suppresses rather than eliminates (also adjective)

suppressedˈ adjective

suppressˈedly adverb

suppressˈible adjective

suppression /-preshˈ/ noun

An act of suppressing

Stoppage

Concealment

suppressˈive adjective

Tending to suppress

Subduing

suppressˈor noun

A person who suppresses anything
A device for suppressing anything, eg the echo of one's own voice on a telephone, electrical interference with television reception

suppressor cell or suppressor T-cell noun

A lymphocyte capable of suppressing antibody production

suppressor grid noun (electronics)

A grid between the anode and screen of a pentode valve to repel secondary electrons back to the anode

suppressor mutation noun (biology)

A base change which suppresses the effect of mutations elsewhere