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单词 appress
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Definition of appress in English:

appress

verb əˈprɛsəˈpres
[with object]usually be appressed totechnical
  • Press (something) close to something else.

    the two cords can be closely appressed to one another
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In contrast, a strongly obtuse apical angle is associated with an incurved ventral beak that is appressed to the dorsal umbo, resulting in the delthyrium being partly obscured.
    • The cytoplasm appeared to be appressed to the plasma membrane after the 35°C-soaking treatment, and vacuoles were apparent.
    • With SEM, the light line was found to be where the secondary thickening bars were tightly appressed to each other.
    • The epipterygoid is a thin, roughly rectangular sheet of bone that rises from the dorsal surface of the palatal ramus of the palatoquadrate and is tightly appressed to the lateral wall of the braincase.
    • By contrast, the specimens are primitive relative to homologous teeth of typical palaeoryctids in having a more lingual molar paraconid that is less appressed to the metaconid, and a shorter molar trigonid relative to the talonid.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin appress- 'pressed close', from the verb apprimere, from ad- 'to' + premere 'to press'.

 
 

Definition of appress in US English:

appress

verbəˈpres
[with object]usually be appressedtechnical
  • Press (something) close to something else.

    the two cords can be closely appressed to one another
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With SEM, the light line was found to be where the secondary thickening bars were tightly appressed to each other.
    • By contrast, the specimens are primitive relative to homologous teeth of typical palaeoryctids in having a more lingual molar paraconid that is less appressed to the metaconid, and a shorter molar trigonid relative to the talonid.
    • The cytoplasm appeared to be appressed to the plasma membrane after the 35°C-soaking treatment, and vacuoles were apparent.
    • In contrast, a strongly obtuse apical angle is associated with an incurved ventral beak that is appressed to the dorsal umbo, resulting in the delthyrium being partly obscured.
    • The epipterygoid is a thin, roughly rectangular sheet of bone that rises from the dorsal surface of the palatal ramus of the palatoquadrate and is tightly appressed to the lateral wall of the braincase.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin appress- ‘pressed close’, from the verb apprimere, from ad- ‘to’ + premere ‘to press’.

 
 
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