compress /kəmˈprɛs/ CET4 TEM4 ( compressing, compressed, compresses )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space. 压缩

  例：

  Poor posture, sitting or walking slouched over, compresses the body's organs.

  含胸坐、含胸走等不良姿势会压迫身体器官。

• 2. 

  compression N-UNCOUNT 压缩

  例：

  The compression of the wood is easily achieved.

  木材压缩容易实现。

• 3. 

  V-T If you compress something such as a piece of writing or a description, you make it shorter. 简缩 (文字、描述等)

  例：

  He never understood how to organize or compress large masses of material.

  他从来不懂如何组织或简缩大篇材料。

• 4. 

  V-T If an event is compressed into a short space of time, it is given less time to happen than normal or previously. 压缩 (时间) [usu passive]

  例：

  The four debates will be compressed into an eight-day period.

  4场辩论将被压缩在8天内。