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单词 press
释义 press
I. \ˈpres\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English presse, prees, from Old French presse, from presser to press — more at press II
1.
 a. : a crowd of people or a crowded condition : multitude, throng
  < there was … a press of people trying to force their way past the powerful yeomen ushers — Leslie Hotson >
  < perched on the folded-down top of a convertible, to roll down the boardwalk with a press of people following her car — Pete Martin >
 b. archaic : the crush or melee of cavalry or foot soldiers in battle
 c. : a thronging or crowding forward or together
  < had difficulty keeping his feet in the press and surge of the mob >
  < had been pushed out of their home territories by the press of white settlement — American Guide Series: Ind. >
2.
 a. : an apparatus or machine by which a substance is cut or shaped (as by pressing, drawing, or stamping), by which an impression of a body is taken, by which a material is compressed or packed, by which pressure is applied to a body, by which liquid is expressed, or by which a cutting tool (as a drill) is fed into the work by applied pressure — compare cheese press, drill press, forming press, hydraulic press, punch press
 b. : a building containing presses or a business using presses
 c. : a medieval apparatus in which an accused person refusing to plead was crushed until he yielded or died
3. : closet, cupboard — compare clothespress
4. [press (II) ] : the act of pressing or pushing something : pressure
 < a press of a button >
 < a press of the hand >
 < finishes with a light press of the earth over the newly planted seed >
 < could no longer stand against the steady press of the Roman lines — A.C.Whitehead >
5. [press (II) ] : the properly smoothed and creased condition of a freshly pressed garment
 < a fabric that keeps its press >
 < a good press on these trousers >
6.
 a. : printing press
 b. chiefly Britain : handpress — compare machine
 c. : the act or the process of printing
  < to see a book through the press >
 d. : a printing or publishing establishment
  < a university press >
 also : its personnel
7.
 a. : the gathering and publishing or broadcasting of news : journalism
  < freedom of the press >
 b. : newspapers, periodicals, and often radio and television news broadcasting regarded as a group
  < the press has three functions: to inform, to influence, and to entertain — R.E.Wolseley >
  < the American press >
  < the Democratic press >
  < the religious press >
 c. : news reporters, publishers, and broadcasters as a group
  < the press … is very apt to think in the local terms of the papers that they represent — F.D.Roosevelt >
 d. : comment or notice in newspapers and periodicals
  < the navy … is enjoying a good pressAtlantic >
8.
 a. : any of various pressure devices (as the standing press) used to compress or hold books
 b. : any of various devices used to keep sporting gear (as rackets and skis) from warping when not in use
9. [press (II) ]
 a. : a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is raised from the floor to shoulder height and then smoothly extended overhead — called also military press; compare clean and jerk, snatch
 b. : a fencer's applying of pressure against an opponent's blade in order to force an opening for an attack
 c. : a method by which a gymnast raises the body into a hand balance by using the muscles only without the aid of a kick or throw
 d. : a pressuring defense (as in basketball) employed over a part or all of the court to hinder movement of the ball and as an intensive effort to gain possession
10. : a pair of rolls between which the wet web of paper is passed to remove water and compact the sheet in papermaking
Synonyms: see crowd

- in press
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English pressen, from Middle French presser, from Old French, from Latin pressare, from pressus, past participle of premere to press; akin to Latin prelum press, wine press and perhaps to Russian peret' to press
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to bring pushing or thrusting force to bear on by means of something in direct contact : force, thrust : exert steady pressure on
  < found that if a telegraph key was pressed down hard a stronger current ran through the wires — Roger Burlingame >
 b. : to torture or put to death by the press
2.
 a. : to make a hostile assault on : assail, beset, harass
  < enemy forces pressed the town hard on all sides >
  < single lions, past their prime … become now and then the quarry of a pack hard pressed by hunger — James Stevenson-Hamilton >
 b. : to reduce to misery or distress : afflict, oppress
  < the bondslaves of our day, whom dirt and danger press — Rudyard Kipling >
 c. : to weigh upon (as mind or body) so as to cause distress or pain : depress
3.
 a. : to squeeze out the juice or contents of : express
  < press grapes >
 b. : to squeeze with apparatus or instruments to a desired density, smoothness, or shape
 c. : to compact (as paper or bound or unbound books) in a press
4.
 a. : to exert influence on : constrain, urge
  < my host pressed me to drink — Allen Upward >
  < came from the dance for a few minutes to press his friend to join it — Jane Austen >
 b. : to importune urgently : try hard to persuade : beseech, entreat
5. : to move by means of pressure
6.
 a. : to inculcate strongly (as an attitude or opinion) : present (a claim) earnestly : emphasize, stress
  < presses upon us similar reflections — G.G.Coulton >
 b. : to insist on or request urgently (an act or procedure)
  < press a conciliatory approach on him >
7. : to follow through (a course of action) : prosecute
 < the bridge trains were ordered to press the march at highest possible speed — P.W.Thompson >
 < must press action wherever I can, show people that I mean business when I talk about a flight across the ocean — C.A.Lindbergh b. 1902 >
8. : to clasp in affection or courtesy : embrace
 < pressed the visitor's hand >
 < pressed the well loved woman to him >
9. : to make or reproduce (a phonograph record) from a matrix
intransitive verb
1. : to crowd closely against or around someone or something : mass
 < hundreds pressed about the performer after the show >
2. : to force or push one's way (as through a crowd or against obstruction) : strain onward : advance energetically or eagerly
3. obsolete : to strive earnestly : attempt, undertake
4.
 a. : to seek urgently : argue, contend
  < was now pressing for eight dreadnoughts, rather than six — Virginia Cowles >
 b. : to exert effort : apply pressure : work
  < pressed aggressively for power development >
5. : to require promptitude : call for action : create urgency
 < time presses >
 < let me know if anything presses >
6. : to impose a weight or burden : lie heavily
 < care pressed upon his mind >
7. : to take or hold a press
 < a fabric that presses well >
8. : to hit a golf ball with excessive impact that impairs smoothness and coordination of the stroke
Synonyms:
 bear, squeeze, crowd, jam: press indicates application of pressure; it may apply to weighing down, pushing, thrusting, stamping, driving, or to constraining, compelling, persecuting, promoting, or urging
  < pressed the crowd back >
  < press out the grapes >
  < he pressed the agitated girl into a seat — Thomas Hardy >
  < determined to press the matter — Rose Macaulay >
  < when pressed for details he always closed his eyes — L.C.Douglas >
  < construction was therefore pressed at feverish speed — American Guide Series: Florida >
  < the Conservatives, fearing for imperial security, pressed the Labor government hard — Collier's Year Book >
  bear in the sense here discussed may apply to the application of any pressure or force, often actually or figuratively downward or backward
  < the weight of the roof bears on these pillars >
  < his debts bore heavily on him >
  < his activity and zeal bore down all opposition — T.B.Macaulay >
  < Clan Alpine's best are backward borne — Sir Walter Scott >
  squeeze applies to pressure on all sides to flatten or crush, to force in pressing into a small circumscribed space, to pressure, to extract, elicit, or compel
  < squeeze an orange >
  < to make newly joined officers squeeze through the narrowest shelves of a dinner wagon — J.S.Bradford >
  < to squeeze more education out of the G.I. bill — Louis Auchincloss >
  < large scale immigration during the 19th century squeezed Negro artisans and laborers out of industry — American Guide Series: New Jersey >
  crowd may indicate forceful pushing, pressing, or packing together of people
  < never have more startling twists been crowded into the concluding scene of a melodrama — John Mason Brown >
  < I hope not too many try to crowd in here at once. It isn't a very big room — John Steinbeck >
  < at first volunteers crowded the recruiting stations, could not be used — Elsie Singmaster >
  jam suggests wedging in with great pressure or force, sometimes so that subsequent movement is impossible or difficult
  < jam the shirts into the suitcase >
  < an upturned boat jammed by the current against the timbers — H.G.Wells >
  < jammed in the schoolhouse and standing about fifty deep outside — American Guide Series: Maryland >

- press one's luck
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by press) (II) of obsolete English prest to enlist (someone) as a soldier or sailor by giving some pay in advance, from English prest (II)
transitive verb
1. : to force (men) into service especially in the army or navy : impress
 < the cutter is often mentioned … with regard to revenue work and law enforcement, in seizing illegal goods, or in pressing men for naval service — H.I.Chapelle >
2.
 a. : to take by authority (as for public or emergency use) : commandeer
  < pressed a passing car to give chase >
 b. : to enlist the help of
  < pressed a passerby into service to warn off traffic >
intransitive verb
: to impress men as soldiers or sailors
IV. noun
(-es)
1. : impressment into service especially in a navy
2. obsolete : a warrant for impressing recruits
V. adjective
Etymology: Latin pressus, past participle of premere to press — more at press II
obsolete : concise, precise, exact
VI. \ˈpres\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: origin unknown
: an East Indian tree shrew (Tupaia ferruginea)
VII. abbreviation
pressure
VIII. verb
also press flesh

- press the flesh
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