壓縮
ㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄛ
“to compress; to reduce volume or size by applying pressure; to condense or shrink.”
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壓
ㄧㄚ
To press down or apply force; to oppress or crush; to suppress or keep under control; to push or force; to overwhelm or surpass; to the point of collapse; to put aside or to put aside.
縮
ㄙㄨㄛ
To contract or shrink; to reduce in size or amount; to pull back or withdraw; to save or be economical; to cower or flinch from fear.
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- 壓力ㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˋpressure; a force per unit area; mental or emotional stress from threat or demand; an oppressive or compelling force
- 壓抑ㄧㄚ ㄧˋto suppress or restrain emotions; to repress; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
- 縮短ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢˇto shorten; to reduce; to curtail; to make shorter in length, duration, or extent
- 縮小ㄙㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˇto reduce; to decrease; to shrink; to make smaller; to scale down
- 血壓ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄚblood pressure; the force of blood pushing against artery walls.
- 壓迫ㄧㄚ ㄆㄛˋto oppress; to repress; to constrain; oppression; pressure or stress (physics).
- 壓制ㄧㄚ ㄓˋto suppress; to inhibit; to stifle; to use force to subdue; in judo, a pinning hold where the opponent is pressed down
- 萎縮ㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄛto wither; to dry up (of a plant); to shrink or atrophy (of muscle, organ, etc); to decline or diminish (of a custom, economy, etc).
- 高壓ㄍㄠ ㄧㄚ(physics, meteorology) high pressure; high voltage; systolic blood pressure; high-handed; oppressive; (Taiwan) high atmospheric pressure
- 鎮壓ㄓㄣˋ ㄧㄚto suppress; to put down; to quell (a rebellion, uprising, or unrest) by force; to repress
- 收縮ㄕㄡ ㄙㄨㄛto shrink; to contract; to pull back; (physiology) systole.
- 緊縮ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄙㄨㄛto tighten; to reduce; to cut back; (economics) austerity; a policy of spending less; a period of reduced economic activity