compression
	英 [kəm'preʃ(ə)n]
美 [kəm'prɛʃən]
	    
		助记提示
	
	1、com- "together" + press- + -ion.
2、字面含义为:press (something) together.
		英文词源
	
	- compression (n.)
 - c. 1400, from Middle French compression (14c.), from Latin compressionem (nominative compressio) "a pressing together," noun of action from past participle stem of comprimere "to squeeze" (see compress (v.)). Related: Compressional. Compressional wave is attested from 1887.
 
 
		双语例句
	
	- 1. The compression and density make this a difficult book to read, but it richly rewards the effort. 
  - 这本书内容丰富,思想深刻,很难读懂,但是非常值得一读。
  来自柯林斯例句
 
- 2. This compression is not dissipated by agents. 
  - 这一浓缩作用不会被药剂所消除。
  来自辞典例句
 
- 3. A gas is cooled by expansion and heated by compression. 
  - 气体膨胀时冷却,压缩时变热.
  来自辞典例句
 
- 4. Stenosis may be caused by cicatricial tissue or by compression. 
  - 食道狭窄可由斑痕组织或压迫所引起.
  来自辞典例句
 
- 5. Cracks may initiate in compression, and certainly in tension. 
  - 裂缝可能在压缩载荷下形成, 当然也可能在拉伸载荷下形成.
  来自辞典例句