condense
verb- [intransitive, transitive]
to change from a gas into a liquid; to make a gas change into a liquid (由气体)冷凝;(使气体)凝结 - condense (into something)
Steam condenses into water when it cools. 蒸汽冷却时凝结为水。 - condense something (into something)
The steam was condensed rapidly by injecting cold water into the cylinder. 由于汽缸中注入了冷水,蒸汽迅速凝结了。
- condense (into something)
- [intransitive, transitive] condense (something)
if a liquid condenses or you condense it, it becomes thicker and stronger because it has lost some of its water synonym reduce(使)浓缩,变浓,变稠 - [transitive] condense something (into something)
to put something such as a piece of writing into fewer words; to put a lot of information into a small space 简缩;压缩(文字、信息等)
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French condenser or Latin condensare, from condensus ‘very thick’, from con- ‘completely’ + densus ‘dense’.