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单词 compress
释义 compress
 —compressible,  adj.   —compressibly,  adv.   —compressingly,  adv.  
  v.   /keuhm pres"/;  n.   /kom"pres/,  v.t.  
  1. to press together; force into less space.
  2. to cause to become a solid mass: to compress cotton into bales.
  3. to condense, shorten, or abbreviate: The book was compressed by 50 pages.
  n.  
  4.  Med.   a soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.
  5. an apparatus for compressing cotton bales.
  6. a warehouse for storing cotton bales before shipment.
 [1350-1400; (v.) ME ( < MF compresser) < LL compressare, freq. of L comprimere to squeeze together (see COM-, PRESS1); (n.) < MF compresse, n. deriv. of the v.]
 Syn. 1. condense, squeeze, constrict. See contract.
 Ant. 1. expand, spread.
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