compress
vt. 压缩, 压紧 vi. 受压缩小 [计] 压缩程序
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教材释义与例句
压缩，压紧；精简
受压缩小
释义与例句
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1.
A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
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医学He held a cold compress over the sprain.
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A machine for compressing.
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To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
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及物The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.
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To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
不及物Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel
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To condense into a more economic, easier format.
及物This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.
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To abridge.
及物If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information.
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To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
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To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it.
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To embrace sexually.
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From Middle French compresse, from compresse (“to compress”), from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimō (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + premō (“press”).
来源：wiktionary