compress

condense, compress, contract, shrink

press, jam, squeeze, compress, squash

名词 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)

动词 compress:

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

1. It is impossible to compress the story of the First World War into a few pages.
   把第一次世界大战的事缩写成几页是不可能的。
2. Serving to or able to compress.
   起压缩作用或能够压缩的
3. The film compresses several years into half an hour.
   这部电影将几年的事压缩于半小时内。
4. The farmers compressed straw into blocks for burning.
   农民们将干草压成块用来烧火。

com.press

v.tr.（及物动词）
com.pressed,com.press.ing,com.press.es
To press together:
压到一起：
例句：
compressed her lips.
紧闭她的嘴唇

To make more compact by or as if by pressing.See Synonyms at contract
压缩：用压力或类似用压力使更紧密参见 contract
n.（名词）

Medicine A soft pad of gauze or other material applied with pressure to a part of the body to control hemorrhage or to supply heat, cold, moisture, or medication to alleviate pain or reduce infection.
【医学】 敷布：指一块敷在身体某一部位的柔软纱布或其它材料，用来止血或提供热、冷、湿或药物治疗以减轻疼痛或防止感染
A machine for compressing material.
压包机：压缩物品的机器

来源：
Middle English compressen
中古英语 compressen
from Old French compresser
源自 古法语 compresser
from Late Latin compress3re
源自 后期拉丁语 compress3re
frequentative of Latin comprimere
拉丁语 comprimere的重复
com- [com-]
com- [前缀，表.压.]
premere [to press] * see per- 4
premere [压] *参见 per- 4