| 释义 |
Noun: pressure preshu(r)- The force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
"the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"
- pressure level, force per unit area - A force that compels
"the public brought pressure to bear on the government" - The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
"he used pressure to stop the bleeding"
- press, pressing - The state of demanding notice or attention
- imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press - The somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin
"the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"
- pressure sensation - An oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
- The pressure exerted by the atmosphere
- atmospheric pressure, air pressure
Verb: pressure preshu(r)- To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- coerce, hale [archaic], squeeze, force - Exert pressure on someone through threats
- blackmail, blackjack
Derived forms: pressuring, pressures, pressured See also: press, pressurize Type of: act upon, compel, distress, force, gas pressure, influence, obligate, oblige, physical phenomenon, push, pushing, somaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia [N. Amer], urgency, work Encyclopedia: Pressure |