压（壓）yāⅠ ❶ （对物体施压力） press; push down; hold down; weigh down: ～ 扁 press flat; flatten; ～ 碎 crush (to pieces); 用石头 ～ 住地图的四角 put a stone on each corner of the map to hold it down; 果实重得把树枝都 ～ 弯了。 The fruit was so heavy that it weighed the branches down. 那个问题沉重地 ～ 在他的心上。 The problem weighed heavily on his mind. 葡萄汁是 ～ 出来的。 The juice of the grapes is pressed out. 他的职责沉重地 ～ 在他身上。 His responsibilities press heavily upon him. 纤细的花梗被花儿 ～ 弯了。 The slender stalks are weighed down with flowers. 这盒子怕 ～。 This box won't stand much weight.
❷ (使稳定； 使平静) keep under control; control; keep under; quell: 喝点热水把咳嗽 ～ 一 ～ drink some hot water to ease a cough; 强 ～ 住心头怒火 try hard to control one's anger; hold back one's rage; ～ 低嗓门 lower one's voice; speak under one's breath; ～ 住阵脚 keep the troops in battle array; hold the line
❸ （压制） bring pressure to bear on; suppress; daunt; intimidate: 以势 ～ 人 overwhelm people with one's power; 别拿大帽子 ～ 人。 Don't you try to intimidate people by pinning labels on them. 再大的自然灾害也 ～ 不垮我们。 Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.
❹ （逼近） approach; be getting near: 第五团向敌人阵地 ～ 过去。 The 5th Regiment bore down on the enemy positions. 太阳 ～ 山了。 The setting sun was touching the hilltop.
❺ （搁着不动） pigeonhole; shelve: 他们把信件 ～ 起来， 不加处理。 They shelve the letters and do not give them due consideration. 这份公文 ～ 了不少时间。 This document was pigeonholed for quite some time.
❻ （下赌注） risk (money, etc.) on sth.; stake Ⅱ （压力） pressure: 水 ～ hydraulic [water] pressure; 血 ～ blood pressure
另见 see also yà。
◆压凹 shallow recessing; deboss; 压板 platen; clamp; presspahn; flat; twitch-up; clip; holddown; pressing plate; 压[押]宝 a gambling game, played with dice under a bowl; stake; 压刨 {木工} thicknesser; 压杯 compression cup; 压比 pressure ratio; 压边 {机} blank pressing; 压扁 flaser; battering; press flat; flatten; 压变机 squeezer; 压薄机 thinning machine; 压箔 blocking; 压舱柜 ballast tank; 压舱水 water ballast (w.b.); 压舱铁 kentledge; 压舱物 ballast; sandbag; 压草钩 weedhook; 压差 {物} differential pressure; 压车 delay unloading (a truck or train); 压秤 be relatively heavy per unit volume; 压尺 nose bar; pressure bar; paper-weight; 压出 pinching-out; extrusion; 压出机 extruder; tuber; 压床 {机} press; press machine; 压倒 overwhelm; overpower; prevail over; 压倒一切 overriding; all-conquering; 压低 depress; bring down; lower; reduce; abate; 压点 {生理} pres sure point; 压垫 pressure pad; 压电 {物} piezoelec￣ tricity; piezoelectric; 压顶 coping; skew; 压锻 {冶} press forging; 压[押]队 bring up the rear (and supervise); 压而不服 Coercion will never result in convincing people.; Compulsion will never result in convincing ...; 压发地雷 {军} pressure action mine; 压风机 {采矿} pressure fan; blowing fan; forcing fan; 压敷（物品） pressure dressing; 压服 force [compel] sb. to submit; bring sb. to his knees; coerce; overpower; 压盖 {机} gland; 压杆 depression bar; pressure bar; compression member; 压感电传纸 pressure-sensitive telexpaper; 压钢 compressed steel; 压辊 compression roller; press roll; roller; 压棍 nip roll; 压焊 pressure welding; poke welding; push welding; 压痕 impress; impression; indentation; 压花 knurling; coining; emboss; stain on firing; 压坏 crush; squash; 压货 overstock; 压挤 {机} extrude; extrusion; 压价 force prices down; demand a lower price; 压紧 compact; clamp; compress tightly; 压惊 help sb. get over a shock; 压井 {石油} kill the well; 压境 press on to the border; 压力 {物} pressure; tension; overwhelming force; pressure; piezo-; tono- 压力比 pressure ratio; 压力表 pressure gage; piezometer; 压力波 {流} pressure wave; 压力差 pressure differential; pressure difference; 压力机 press; press machine; punch (press); punching machine; 压力计 baresthesiometer; pressure gage; pressure meter; piezometer; tonometer; manometer; 压裂 crushing; slip crack; pressing crack; {石油} fracture; 压路机 road roller; roller; road level(l)ing machine; pavement roller; 压敏 pressure-sensitive; 压模 moulding-die; compression moulding; die; stamper; press mould; 压迫 oppress; repress; constrict; {生} stress; 压气 calm sb.'s anger; {机} air injection; 压强 {物} pressure; intensity of pressure; 压青 {农} green manuring [dressing]; 压舌板 {医} tongue depressor; tongue blade; spatula; 压缩 com￣ press; condense; reduce; cut down; compression; contraction; compaction; pack; reduction; recompression; hoop; 压缩机 compressor; 压缩性 compressibility; 压弯 bend; 压型 die mould; die-mould; profiling; press mould; 压延 {冶} calender; rolling; recycle flattening; 压抑 constrain; inhibit; depress; hold back; oppressive; stifling; {遗} suppression; oppressiveness; repression; 压印 stamp; impression; {刷} embos; press; coining; 压应力 {力} compressive stress; {物} pressure stress; 压[押]韵 rhyme; 压载 ballast; 压榨 press; squeeze; expression; mechanical expression; oppress and exploit; squeeze; bleed; 压制 suppress; stifle; inhibit; repress; {机} pressing; calendering; 压轴戏 the last item but one on a theatrical programme; 压轴子 the last item but one on a theatrical programme; present a theatrical performance as the last but one item on a programme; 压铸 {冶} pressure casting; diecast; die-casting; striking
压（壓）yà（构词成分）: ～ 根儿 [- ɡēnr] [口] from the start; in the first place; altogether
另见 see also yā。 压❶press; crush; hold down; weigh down
❷keep under control;hold down(or back);quell;repress
❸bring pressure to bear on;intimidate; daunt
❹pigeonhole;shelve;set aside;defer
❺risk;stake
不受捧，不怕～ withstand flattery and pressure/把一件事～几天shelve the matter for a few days/～一笔钱stake money on sth/～在头上的三座大山three big mountains that had lain like a dead weight on their backs |