| 单词 | compress |
| 释义 | compress (once / 572 pages) 1v 2n The noun compress refers to a pad that's held to your body to reduce pain or symptoms of illness. A washcloth dipped in cold water and pressed onto your forehead to help you cool down is a type of compress. As a verb, compress means to squeeze together with a fair amount of pressure. When you compress a sponge to get all the water out, you press it between your palms or squish it between your fingers. Compress can also mean to make something more compact — as with the sponge, when you compress an object it gets smaller. You could even compress a speech by cutting it down into a shorter but equally effective version. WORD FAMILYcompress: compressed, compresses, compressible, compressing, compression, compressor, decompress, uncompress+/compressible: compressibility, incompressible/compressing: compressings/compression: compressions/compressor: compressors/decompress: decompressed, decompresses, decompressing, decompression/decompression: decompressions/incompressible: incompressibility/uncompress: uncompressed USAGE EXAMPLESHe said doctors told him he compressed his spinal cord. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Other approaches focus on netting drones, either via bigger drones or by guns firing a net and a parachute via compressed gas. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) The gap between northern and southern European government bond spreads compressed. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v squeeze or press together she compressed her lips Syn|Hypo|Hyper compact, constrict, contract, press, squeeze choke, strangle constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing primcontract one's lips astringeconstrict or bind or draw together strangulateconstrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air convulsecontract involuntarily, as in a spasm convulsecause to contract bear down, overbearcontract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery choke, fret, gagbe too tight; rub or press choke, scragwring the neck of tighten become tight or tighter 2v make more compact by or as if by pressing 2compress the data Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper compact, pack together decompress, uncompress restore to its uncompressed form pack, tamp, tamp down press down tightly force, squeeze, wedge squeeze like a wedge into a tight space n a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) Hyper dressing, medical dressing a cloth covering for a wound or sore |
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