Compress

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

(verb.) squeeze or press together; 'she compressed her lips'; 'the spasm contracted the muscle'.

(verb.) make more compact by or as if by pressing; 'compress the data'.

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• Our pilgrims compress too much into one day. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Now compress the artery leading from the organ, and the part between the heart and the point of pressur e, and the heart itself, become distended and take on a deep purple color. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• His problem therefore was how best to compress the air, or, as it appeared to him, how to secure a vacuum. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The load to be carried is placed on this table, and as the machine was at first designed to compress materials the load is pressed by the rising table against an upper stationary plate. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It is like a resilient spring in this respect, that it can give out no more power than was required to compress it. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• I will compress the story as far as may be done without omitting anything vital to the case. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Compress t he large vein entering the heart, and the part intervening between the point of constriction and the heart becomes empty and the organ pales and shrinks. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The carbon being only slightly compressed will offer considerable resistance to the flow of current from the local battery, and therefore the signal on the local sounder will be weak. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The principle of the air brake is to store up compressed air in a reservoir on the locomotive by means of a steam pump. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It was at the bottom of a page, and was for want of room compressed into a smaller space than that occupied by the marriages above. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Manila hemp is obtained from the leaf stalks of the Philippine plant known as the Abacá, the leaf stems of which are compressed together, and constitute the trunk of the plant. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere features, I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin lips compressed. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• In passing through materials saturated with water, the shield is assisted by using compressed air in the working chamber. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• By compressing or exhausting air through this tube it is obvious that the lever, N, will be raised or depressed, and the clockwork set going accordingly. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Yes,' said Mrs. Sparsit, suddenly compressing her mouth, 'he had that—honour. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• There are the presses also that are used in compressing cotton. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Shirley leaned forwards on the table, her nostrils dilating a little, her taper fingers interlaced and compressing each other hard. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Among the pioneers was one which received the round bunch between two compressing jaws, and pressed it flat. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It follows from this law that the density and tension, and therefore the expansive force of a gas, are proportional to the compressing force to which it is subjected. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He looked at me fixedly, compressing his well-cut lips while he did so. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This causes a sound of very great power, which the trumpet collects and compresses, and the blast goes out as a sort of sound beam in the direction required. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Like drama which compresses the tragedy of a lifetime into a unity of time, place, and action, history foreshortens an epoch into an episode. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• C is an air compressing pump, whose plunger descending compresses the air and forces it out through valve I, pipe 2, and coil 3. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The water forced into the air chamber by the downward-moving piston compresses the air and increases its pressure. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• As the piston returns it compresses this mixture. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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