compress

漢語翻譯

詞型變化：

詞意辨析：

condense, compress, contract, shrink

這些動詞均含“收縮，壓縮”之意。
condense: 指將東西壓縮得更緊密、緊湊，但不失去原有的內容。
compress: 指把亂而不成形的東西壓成一定形狀。
contract: 主要指以內、外部力量進行緊縮，也可用作引申。
shrink: 側重指因收縮而達不到原有的長度、體積或容積。

press, jam, squeeze, compress, squash

這些動詞均含“壓、擠”之意。
press: 普通用詞，指一個物體在另一個物體上加壓力。
jam: 專指四面八方都壓緊或塞滿。
squeeze: 多指從兩面或多面施加壓力來壓緊、壓碎或壓出水來。
compress: 指把某些東西壓在一起或使占有較小空間。
squash: 指某物受力被壓偏或壓碎。也指塞擠。

英文解釋：

名詞 compress:

1. a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

動詞 compress:

1. make more compact by or as if by pressing
   同義詞：compact, pack together
2. squeeze or press together
   同義詞：constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press

例句：

1. It is impossible to compress the story of the First World War into a few pages.
   把第一次世界大戰的事縮寫成幾頁是不可能的。
2. Serving to or able to compress.
   起壓縮作用或能夠壓縮的
3. The film compresses several years into half an hour.
   這部電影將幾年的事壓縮於半小時內。
4. The farmers compressed straw into blocks for burning.
   農民們將乾草壓成塊用來燒火。