| 单词 | compact |
| 释义 | compact compact1 —compactedly, adv. —compactedness, n. —compactly, adv. —compactness, n. adj. /keuhm pakt", kom-, kom"pakt/; v. /keuhm pakt"/; n. /kom"pakt/, adj. 1. joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil. 2. arranged within a relatively small space: a compact shopping center; a compact kitchen. 3. designed to be small in size and economical in operation. 4. solidly or firmly built: the compact body of a lightweight wrestler. 5. expressed concisely; pithy; terse; not diffuse: a compact review of the week's news. 6. composed or made (usually fol. by of): a book compact of form and content. 7. Also, bicompact. Math. (of a set) having the property that in any collection of open sets whose union contains the given set there exists a finite number of open sets whose union contains the given set; having the property that every open cover has a finite subcover. v.t. 8. to join or pack closely together; consolidate; condense. 9. to make firm or stable. 10. to form or make by close union or conjunction; make up or compose. 11. Metall. to compress (metallic or metallic and nonmetallic powders) in a die to be sintered. 12. to crush into compact form for convenient disposal or for storage until disposal: to compact rubbish. n. 13. a small case containing a mirror, face powder, a puff, and sometimes rouge. 14. Also called compact car. an automobile that is smaller than an intermediate but larger than a subcompact and generally has a combined passenger and luggage volume of 100-110 cu. ft. (2.8-3.1 m3). 15. Metall. (in powder metallurgy) an object to be sintered formed of metallic or of metallic and nonmetallic powders compressed in a die. [1375-1425; late ME < L compactus (ptp. of compingere to shut away, bind together), equiv. to com- COM- + pag-, var. s. of pangere to fix, arrange (akin to pax PEACE; cf. PACT, COMPACT2) + -tus ptp. suffix] Syn. 2. small, snug. 5. concise, succinct, brief. 8. compress. 9. stabilize, solidify. compact2 /kom"pakt/, n. a formal agreement between two or more parties, states, etc.; contract: the proposed economic compact between Germany and France. [1580-90; < L compactum, compectum, n. use of neut. of compactus (ptp. of compacisci to make an agreement), equiv. to com- COM- + pac- (s. of pacisci to secure by negotiation, akin to pax settlement ending hostilities, PEACE) + -tus ptp. ending] Syn. treaty, pact, entente, convention, concordat. See agreement. |
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