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

• 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。
• The tonofilaments condense into bundles and become attached to desmosomes.
  张力细丝集中成束，并附着于桥粒上。
• We recounted in detail how dense, cool molecular clouds condense into protostars.
  我们十分详细地讨论了浓密的冷分子云如何凝聚成原恒星。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• You take that gas phase mixture, and you condense it in your condenser.
  然后用这新得到的气相混合物，在冷凝器中冷凝。
• Of course, it would be better if, through discussion, you could condense it in some places.
  当然，如果大家讨论当中能够在一些地方压缩点篇幅，那更好了。
• In this example, we condense three rules with identical declarations into one.
  在这个例子中，我们把三个相同的规则精简为一个。
• 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。