| 单词 | condense |
| 释义 | condense (once / 685 pages) 1v 2v When you condense something, you cut it down and trim it. You may love every word of your 1000-page novel, but you'll have to condense the plot into a 2-page summary for your editor. When you condense something, you make it smaller and more compact. If you condense your wardrobe, you get rid things and keep only what you wear most. When a gas or vapor turns to liquid, it condenses. When you take a long, hot shower, the steam condenses in your bathroom, your mirror clouds up, and everything gets damp. Condense comes from Latin con-, “completely” and densus, “thick, dense." WORD FAMILYcondense: condensate, condensation, condensed, condenser, condenses, condensing+/condensation: condensations/condenser: condensers USAGE EXAMPLESThe difficult part was condensing hours of notes into stories that would fit on desktop calendar pages, Blackaby and Wynne said. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) On the script are several edits, in red pen, condensing and improving the script. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) But Major League Soccer’s condensed offseason allows for precious little time for basking in the achievement. Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1 1v cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid The cold air condensed the steam Hyper change integrity change in physical make-up 2v undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops 2water condenses Syn|Hyper distil, distill flux, liquefy, liquify become liquid or fluid when heated 1v become more compact or concentrated Her feelings condensed Syn|Hyper concentrate, contract compress or concentrate deepen, intensify become more intense 2v compress or concentrate Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan Syn|Hyper concentrate, contract alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v remove water from condense the milk Syn|Hyper distil, distill undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 4v make more concise condense the contents of a book into a summary Syn|Hypo|Hyper concentrate, digest capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume telescopemake smaller or shorter abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten reduce in scope while retaining essential elements 5v develop due to condensation All our planets condensed out of the same material Syn|Hyper distil, distill undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops arise, come up result or issue |
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