| 单词 | condense |
| 释义 | condense /keuhn dens"/, v. , condensed, condensing. v.t. 1. to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate. 2. to reduce to a shorter form; abridge: Condense your answer into a few words. 3. to reduce to another and denser form, as a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid state. v.i. 4. to become denser or more compact or concentrated. 5. to reduce a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter form. 6. to become liquid or solid, as a gas or vapor: The steam condensed into droplets. [1475-85; < MF condenser < L condensare, equiv. to con- CON- + densare to thicken, v. deriv. of densus DENSE] Syn. 1. compress, consolidate. 2. digest, epitomize, abstract, abbreviate. See contract. Ant. 1. expand. |
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