English Dictionary

compress

/kəmˈpɹɛs/

verb

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

I need to compress this file before sending it.

意味（1）

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel

意味（3）

(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.

This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.

意味（4）

(transitive) To abridge.

If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information.

意味（5）

(technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

意味（6）

(obsolete) To embrace sexually.

This nymph compreſs'd by him vvho rules the day, / VVhom Delphi and the Delian iſle obey, / Andræmon lov'd; and, bleſs'd in all thoſe charms / That pleas'd a God, ſucceeded to her arms.