| 单词 | compress |
| 释义 | compress —compressible, adj. —compressibly, adv. —compressingly, adv. v. /keuhm pres"/; n. /kom"pres/, v.t. 1. to press together; force into less space. 2. to cause to become a solid mass: to compress cotton into bales. 3. to condense, shorten, or abbreviate: The book was compressed by 50 pages. n. 4. Med. a soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication. 5. an apparatus for compressing cotton bales. 6. a warehouse for storing cotton bales before shipment. [1350-1400; (v.) ME ( < MF compresser) < LL compressare, freq. of L comprimere to squeeze together (see COM-, PRESS1); (n.) < MF compresse, n. deriv. of the v.] Syn. 1. condense, squeeze, constrict. See contract. Ant. 1. expand, spread. |
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