compress
verb- [transitive, intransitive]
to press things together or press something into a smaller space; to be pressed in this way （被）压紧，压缩 - compress something (into something)
compressed air/gas 压缩空气／气体 As more snow fell, the bottom layer was compressed into ice. 随着更多的雪落下，底层被压缩成冰。 She compressed her lips. 她紧闭双唇。 - compress (into something)
Her lips compressed into a thin line. 她的双唇抿成了一道缝。
- compress something (into something)
- [transitive] compress something (into something)
to reduce something and fit it into a smaller space or amount of time 精简；浓缩；压缩 The main arguments were compressed into one chapter. 主要的论证被压缩为一个章节。 Rehearsal time will have to be compressed into two evenings. 排练时间将不得不压缩到两个晚上。
- [transitive] compress something (
computing 计算机 to make computer files, etc. smaller so that they use less space on a disk, etc. 压缩（文件等）
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French compresser or late Latin compressare, frequentative of Latin comprimere, from com- ‘together’ + premere ‘to press’; or directly from compress- ‘pressed together’, from the verb comprimere.