英语词汇

表示“收缩”、“压缩”的动词

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contract  “收缩”，指由于物质自身内部因素致使整体收缩变小。也可表示规模上的收缩。

其反义词是 expand。

例如：

Objects will expand when heated and contracted when cooled.

物体受热膨胀，受冷则收缩。

Muscles can expand or contract as we are doing exercises.

我们运动时肌肉会伸胀或收缩。

When it is frightened, a hedgehog will contract its body into a ball.

刺猬受惊时, 身体会缩成一个球。

Industrial production growth will contract amid tight credit condition and weaker

exports.

在信贷紧缩及出口低迷的时期，工业生产增长将会收缩。

  

shrink   “收缩”、“缩小”，指由于受热或受潮湿物体收缩，常常引申指数量、规模等“缩

减”、“收缩”、“萎缩”，还可表示由于害怕。畏难而“退缩”。

例如：

Will this woolen sweater shrink when washed?

这件羊毛衫洗后会缩水吗？

Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature.

如果洗涤温度太高，你的毛衣会缩水。

Treatment can shrink a tumour.

治疗可以缩小肿瘤

We want to expand the business, not shrink it.

我们想扩大业务，而不是缩小。（指规模缩小）

The gross domestic product is expected to shrink significantly owing to the 

economic depression.

用于经济萧，国内生产总值预计会有明显的缩减。

We know it is a formidable task, but we will never shrink from it no matter will

difficulties we are to encounter.

我知道这是一项非常艰巨的任务,但无论遇到什么困难，我们决不会退缩。

  

condense “凝结”、“浓缩”，“凝聚”，指密度增加，也可以表示文章，讲话内容“压

缩”。

例句：

This can cause dew to condense out of the air, and mist to form in the air near the

ground.

这可能会导空气中水份凝结成露水, 在靠近地的空中形成雾。

Under these conditions, large quantities of water evaporate and condense into 

clouds and rain — releasing heat in the process.

在这种情况下,大量的水份蒸发，凝结成云和雨,并在此过程中释放热量。

Condense the soup by boiling off half its water content.

把汤里一半的水煮沸蒸发使其浓缩。

He managed to condense his letter of application to one page.

他把申请书压缩到一页纸。

A substance condenses when it increases in density, for example, when water vapor 

changes into ice.

一种物质密度增加产生凝聚,例如,当水蒸气变成冰。

Mr. Smith was asked to condense his report in order to allow his audience some time 

to ask questions.

史密斯先生被要求压缩他的报告短以以便有时间让听众问一些问题。

  

compress  “压缩”，指用外界的压力使物体体积缩小，也可用于表示压缩内容、文字等。

例句：

They used a special pump to compress the inertia air into the container.

他们使用一种特殊的泵压缩惯性空气进入容器。

We hope to compress methane into a liquid fuel or pile it to homes for cooking.

我们希望将甲烷压缩成液体燃料或将其用管道通家庭用于烹饪。

Compress the injury with padding and a bandage. 、

用敷料和绷带加压包扎受伤肢体。

You can compress huge amounts of data on to a CD-ROM.  

你可以把大量的数据压缩到CD-ROM上。

The size of web documents and graphics often need to be compressed for faster

delivery.

网络文档或图形的尺寸大小经常需要压缩以便快速传输。

  

compact  “压紧”、“使结实”，指通过某种方法将松散的物品变得紧凑，不易散开。

例句：

The salesman compacted a neat package out of all my wife's purchases.

营业员将我老婆买的东西打成一个结实包。

The snow on the pavement was compacted and has turned to ice.

人行便道上的雪被踩实并结成了冰。

It was compacted again and loaded into a trailer hauling 25 tons to the landfill.

它被再次压实，装上一辆拖车，运送25吨到垃圾填埋场。

It compacts my spine, and yellow spots dance before my eyes.

它压紧了我的脊椎，黄色的斑点在我眼前飞舞。