单词 | pressure |
释义 | pressure —pressureless, adj. /presh"euhr/, n. , v. , pressured, pressuring. n. 1. the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall. 2. Physics. force per unit area. Symbol: P Cf. stress (def. 6). 3. Meteorol. See atmospheric pressure. 4. Elect. See electromotive force. 5. the state of being pressed or compressed. 6. harassment; oppression: the pressures of daily life. 7. a constraining or compelling force or influence: the social pressures of city life; financial pressure. 8. urgency, as of affairs or business: He works well under pressure. 9. Obs. that which is impressed. v.t. 10. to force (someone) toward a particular end; influence: They pressured him into accepting the contract. 11. pressurize. [1350-1400; ME (n.) < L pressura. See PRESS1, -URE] |
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