compress
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space. 压缩
Poor posture, sitting or walking slouched over, compresses the body's organs. 含胸坐、含胸走等不良姿势会压迫身体器官。
2. compressionN-UNCOUNT 压缩
The compression of the wood is easily achieved. 木材压缩容易实现。
3. V-T If you compress something such as a piece of writing or a description, you make it shorter. 简缩 (文字、描述等)
He never understood how to organize or compress large masses of material. 他从来不懂如何组织或简缩大篇材料。
4. V-T If an event is compressed into a short space of time, it is given less time to happen than normal or previously. 压缩 (时间)[usu passive]
The four debates will be compressed into an eight-day period. 4场辩论将被压缩在8天内。
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compress /kəmˈprɛs/ (compressing,compressed,compresses)
剑桥词典
- to press something into a smaller space
压缩；压紧
Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure . 把盆里的土压实使植株固定。
compressed air 压缩空气
to make information , a piece of writing, etc. shorter
压缩（文字）；使（信息、作品等）精炼，缩短
The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months . 这项课程把两年的培训内容压缩成6个月的强化训练。
I managed to compress ten pages of notes into four paragraphs . 我设法把10页的笔记压缩成了4个段落。
to make a computer file use less space when it is stored in the memory of a computer or on a disk , by using a special program
压缩（计算机文件）
to compress data /files 压缩数据／文件 返回 compress