compress
英 [k?m'pres]
美 [k?m'pr?s]
助記提示
1、com- "together" + press-.
2、字面含義為：press (something) together.
中文詞源
compress 壓縮com-, 強調。-press, 壓。
英文詞源
- compress
- compress: see press
- compress (v.)
- late 14c., "to press (something) together," from Old French compresser "compress, put under pressure," from Latin compressare "to press together," frequentative of comprimere "to squeeze," from com- "together" (see com-) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). Related: Compressed; compressing.
- compress (n.)
- 1590s in the surgical sense, from compress (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. He never understood how to organize or compress large masses of material.
- 他從來就不懂如何對大篇的材料進行整理或精簡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. You can compress huge amounts of data on to a CD-ROM.
- 可以把大量的數據壓縮到一張CD-ROM上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Wood blocks may compress a great deal under pressure.
- 木塊受壓時可縮小很多.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. The panelists are left to compress their inquiries into one good zinger of a question.
- 專家討論小組的成員剩下的工作就是將他們的質詢精簡成一個精妙的問題。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They used an air compressor to take in atmospheric air , compress it, and force it into the cabin.
- 他們用一臺空氣壓縮機把大氣中的空氣吸進來, 加以壓縮, 然后送入船艙.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》