condense

英 [kənˈdens]

美 [kənˈdens]

v.  (由气体)冷凝; (使气体)凝结; (使)浓缩，变浓，变稠; 简缩，压缩(文字、信息等)

过去分词：condensed　过去式：condensed　现在分词：condensing　复数：condenses　第三人称单数：condenses　

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同义词辨析

shortenabbreviateabridgecondense【导航词义：缩短，节略】

牛津词典

verb

• （由气体）冷凝；（使气体）凝结
  to change from a gas into a liquid; to make a gas change into a liquid
  1. Steam condenses into water when it cools.
     蒸汽冷却时凝结为水。
  2. The steam was condensed rapidly by injecting cold water into the cylinder.
     由于汽缸中注入了冷水，蒸汽迅速凝结了。
• （使）浓缩，变浓，变稠
  if a liquid condenses or you condense it, it becomes thicker and stronger because it has lost some of its water
  1. Condense the soup by boiling it for several minutes.
     煮几分钟把汤熬浓。
• 简缩，压缩（文字、信息等）
  to put sth such as a piece of writing into fewer words; to put a lot of information into a small space
  1. The article was condensed into just two pages.
     这篇文章被简缩成两页。
  2. The author has condensed a great deal of material into just 100 pages.
     作者在短短100页中浓缩了大量信息。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 压缩,精简(尤指文章或讲话)
  If youcondensesomething, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
  1. We have learnt how to condense serious messages into short, self-contained sentences...
     我们已经学会了如何把重要的信息压缩成简短独立的句子。
  2. The English translation may have been condensed into a single more readable book.
     英译本可能被压缩成了更具可读性的单行本。
• V-ERG (使)冷凝;(使)凝结
  When a gas or vapourcondenses, oris condensed, it changes into a liquid.
  1. Water vapour condenses to form clouds...
     水蒸气凝结形成云。
  2. The compressed gas is cooled and condenses into a liquid...
     压缩气体经冷却凝结成液态。
  3. As the air rises it becomes colder and moisture condenses out of it.
     随着空气上升，其温度降低，凝结出水分。

英英释义

verb

• make more concise
  1. condense the contents of a book into a summary
  Synonym:digestconcentrate
• undergo condensation
  1. water condenses
  2. The acid distills at a specific temperature
  Synonym:distilldistil
• compress or concentrate
  1. Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan
  Synonym:concentratecontract
• develop due to condensation
  1. All our planets condensed out of the same material
• become more compact or concentrated
  1. Her feelings condensed
• cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
  1. The cold air condensed the steam
• remove water from
  1. condense the milk

双语例句

• Astronomers have argued for years about how stars condense out of the diffuse clouds of dust and gas called nebulas.
  由尘埃和气体构成的云团被称为星云。有关恒星如何从呈弥漫状态的星云凝缩而来，天文学家们争论了很多年。
• As the air rises it becomes colder and moisture condenses out of it.
  随着空气上升，其温度降低，凝结出水分。
• Does the universe condense and expand periodically? Torturous questions, to me.
  宇宙是不是有周期地凝聚和膨胀？
• No you can not condense or delete your nodes.
  不，您不可以合并或删除您的节点。
• It will boil the stuff and collect the gas and condense it.
  我们把混合物煮沸并收集气体然后冷凝。
• New findings show that the giant clouds of dust and gas that pervade the universe, out of which form all of the stars and other assorted celestial bodies, depend on magnetism to condense.
  新的发现显示：遍布宇宙的尘埃和气体云团依靠磁力来凝缩，形成了恒星和其他各种不同的天体。
• The English translation may have been condensed into a single more readable book.
  英译本可能被压缩成了更具可读性的单行本。
• If the pressure gets too high they have sprays that will condense the bubble in the pressuriser.
  如果压力太高了，这会有喷雾剂，会压缩增压器的气泡。
• Very small solid particles around which the vapor can condense must be present.
  必须有很小的固体颗粒，水汽可以围绕它们发生凝结。
• We can condense gas into liquid.
  我们可以把气体压缩成液体。