press
n
1 [C usu sing 通常作單數]
act of pushing steadily with (sth held in) the hand 用手(持物)按、 壓、 擠、 榨、 捏等
Flatten the dough with a press of the hand. 用手把生面團壓平.
Those trousers need a press, ie with a hot iron. 那條褲子該熨一熨.
2 [C] (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞) any of various devices or machines used for compressing or shaping things, extracting juice, etc 任何壓榨或擠壓成形之器具或機器
a `winepress (制酒的)葡萄榨汁機
a `cider-press 蘋果榨汁機
an `olive-press 橄欖榨油機
keep one's tennis racket in a press 把網球拍放在球拍夾中
a hydraulic press 水壓機.
3
(a) (also `printing-press) [C]
machine for printing 印刷機
He took a copy of the newspaper as it came off the press. 報紙在印刷機上印出來後他拿了一份.
(b) [U] printing or being printed (used esp as in the following phrases) 印刷(尤用於以下詞組中)
pass sth for press, ie give final approval for sth before it goes to be printed 核準稿件以備付印
go to press, ie start to be printed 付印(開始印刷)
Prices are correct at the time of going to press, but may be changed. 付印前價目無誤, 之後或有變化. * stop press 停印.
4 (often 常作 the Press) [Gp]
(journalists who work for) newspapers, periodicals and the news sections of radio and television 報刊; 定期刊物; 廣播和電視的新聞節目; 報界; 新聞界; 記者們
The Press were not allowed to attend the trial. 新聞界人士不得出庭旁聽.
The majority of the press support the Government's foreign policy. 輿論界多數支持政府的外交政策.
the local/national/provincial press 地方[全國性/省級]報刊
the gutter press, ie newspapers that concentrate on sensational stories about people's personal lives 低級報紙(專門宣揚別人隱私者)
The freedom of the press (ie right of journalists to report events, express opinions, etc freely) must be protected. 新聞報道的自由(記者自由報道新聞、 表達觀點等的權利)應該得到保障.
[attrib 作定語]
press advertising, comment, freedom 報刊上的廣告、 報刊評論、 出版自由.
5 [sing] treatment given to a person, a group, an event, etc in radio, newspaper, etc reports (廣播、 報刊等對個人、 團體、 事件等的)報道, 評論
be given/have a good/bad press 受到輿論界的好評[批評].
6 [C] business for printing (and publishing) books or periodicals 印刷業; 出版業; 出版社
Oxford University Press 牛津大學出版社
a small press specializing in illustrated books 專印有插圖的書的小出版社.
7 [sing]
(a) crowd or crowding of people 人群; 人群擁擠
The child got lost in the press of people leaving the match. 在看完比賽後散場的人群中把孩子擠丟了.
(b) pressure of affairs; hurry or stress 事務的壓力; 匆忙; 緊迫
the press of modern life 現代生活的壓力.
8 [C] large cupboard, usu with shelves, for clothes, books, etc 大柜櫥(通常有架以放置衣物、 書籍等): a linen press 衣物柜.
press v
1
(a) [Tn, Tn.p]
move (sth) by pushing steadily against it 對(某物)施以壓力使之移動; 按動(某物)
press the trigger of a gun 扣槍的扳機
press (down) the accelerator of a car 踩(下)汽車的油門
press (in) a button 按電鈕
press a switch (up) (向上)扳開關.
(b) [Ipr, Tn.pr]
~ (sth/sb/oneself) against/on sth; ~ sth to sth (cause sth/sb/oneself to) push steadily against sth (使某物[某人/自己])對某物施以壓力; 壓、 擠、 推或頂某物
My boot is pressing against a blister on my toe. 我的靴子擠壓了我腳趾上的水 .
I had to press myself against the wall to let them pass. 我得貼緊墻壁好讓他們過去.
The chil...
?? 擴展釋義
*[pres]n. 壓, 撳, 按, 人群, 印刷機, 壓力, 出版社, 記者, 報刊, 新聞輿論, 緊迫vt. 壓, 壓榨, 緊抱, 逼迫, 推進, 強迫征募, 催逼vi. 壓, 重壓, 催促, 擁擠, 奮力前進, 受壓【化】 打包機相關詞組: be off the press at press time press on with one's work press into service press for an answer in the press
?? 醫學釋義
①壓,按 ②壓榨器
?? 同詞根單詞
expressv. 表達;表示;顯而易見;快遞郵寄;
adj. 特快的;迅速的;用快遞寄送的; 明確的;
n. 特快列車;快遞服務;
adv. 使用快速服務;