condense

英 [kən'dens] 美 [kən'dens]

• v. 浓缩；凝结；缩短

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)变稠,变浓; 浓缩

   (cause sth to) become thicker or more concentrated

2. vt. & vi. (使)凝结

   (cause sth to) change from gas or vapor to a liquid

3. vt. 简缩,摘要,简述

   put sth into fewer words

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 压缩，浓缩，凝结，凝聚，变稠，变浓
2. 冷却成液体，变成液体，冷凝
3. 使压缩，使缩合，使浓缩
4. 聚集（光线）
5. 加强（电力）
6. 【物、化】使冷凝，使凝结，使凝聚成固体
7. 使简练，使简洁，缩编，缩短，精简

英英释义

Verb:

1. undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops;

   "water condenses"
   "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
   

2. make more concise;

   "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
   

3. remove water from;

   "condense the milk"
   

4. cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid;

   "The cold air condensed the steam"
   

5. become more compact or concentrated;

   "Her feelings condensed"
   

6. develop due to condensation;

   "All our planets condensed out of the same material"
   

7. compress or concentrate;

   "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He condense his speech to half its original length.
   他把演讲的长度浓缩了一半。
2. You can condense milk by boiling away much of the water in it.
   煮去牛奶中大部分的水分可使它浓缩。
3. Steam condenses into water when cooling down.
   蒸汽冷却时凝结成水。
4. Water vapors can condense to form clouds.
   水蒸汽能凝结成云。
5. The essay is too wordy, you'd better condense it.
   这篇文章太过冗长, 要简缩一下。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Soup condenses when boiled.
   汤煮过后就浓了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Condense the mixture by boiling off some of the liquid.
   通过煮沸蒸发掉一些液体,使混合液变浓。
2. I have condensed my report.
   我已缩短了我的报告。
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3. Steam is condensed in the condenser.
   蒸汽在冷凝器中凝结。
4. This long story can be condensed.
   这篇长故事可以简述。

经典引文

• The contemporary view that the stars condensed from the interstellar gas clouds.

  出自： B. Lovell

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

condense into( v.+prep. )

把…压缩成,缩减为 put into fewer words
condense into sth
Moisture in the atmosphere condensed into dew during the night.

大气中的水汽在夜间凝结成了露珠。 condense sth into sth
The cold wind condenses vapor into rain.

冷风使水蒸气凝结成雨。 condense sth into sth
He condensed the paragraph into one line.

他把这一段缩减成一行。

condense to( v.+prep. )

(使)凝结(cause to) change to a liquid
condense sth to sth
Steam is condensed to water.

蒸汽凝结成水。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• condense milk 浓缩牛奶
• condense report 摘要报告
• condense steam 使蒸汽凝结

～+介词

• condense into 凝结成,压缩成
• condense to 凝结成

词义辨析

v. (动词)

condense, abbreviate, abridge, contract, shorten

• 这组词用于字词、段落、章节等时,都含有“删减”或“精简”的意思。它们的区别在于:
• 1.abridge, condense和shorten都可指压缩文章、著作的篇幅而内容不变, abridge比shorten更文雅; abbreviate主要用于删除音节、字母或单词而保留词头; contract通常指省略单词的中间部分,不包括只保留词头的词。
• 2.表示“缩略成…”时, abbreviate, condense, contract和shorten常与介词to搭配; condense也常与介词into搭配。

condense, compress, contract, shrink

• 这组词都可表示“压缩”。condense指用一定的方法使物体聚缩得更紧密、结实或更浓厚、稠密,或减去不必要的部分使其体积变小,但不失去基本内容; compress指通过压〔挤,弄平〕等方式使物体变小或具有一定形状; contract指一物体由于某种原因或使用某种方法而使其体积由大变小或由长变短; shrink指长度、范围、容积等的收缩或变小。

condense，compress，contract，shrink

• 这些动词均含“收缩，压缩”之意。
• condense指将东西压缩得更紧密、紧凑，但不失去原有的内容。
• compress指把乱而不成形的东西压成一定形状。
• contract主要指以内、外部力量进行紧缩，也可用作引申。
• shrink侧重指因收缩而达不到原有的长度、体积或容积。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的condensare，意为使浓厚。

近反义词

【近义词】

• compress
• reduce

【反义词】

• enlarge
• expand