pressing 音標拼音: [pr'ɛsɪŋ]
a . 緊迫的,緊急的,切實的
n . 壓,榨,沖壓,唱片
緊迫的,緊急的,切實的壓,榨,沖壓,唱片
pressing adj 1 :
compelling immediate action ; "
too pressing to permit of longer delay "; "
the urgent words `
Hurry !
Hurry !'";
"
bridges in urgent need of repair " [
synonym : {
pressing },
{
urgent }]
n 1 :
the act of pressing ;
the exertion of pressure ; "
he gave the button a press "; "
he used pressure to stop the bleeding ";
"
at the pressing of a button " [
synonym : {
press }, {
pressure },
{
pressing }]
2 :
a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press Press \
Press \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pressed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Pressing }.] [
F .
presser ,
fr .
L .
pressare to press ,
fr .
premere ,
pressum ,
to press .
Cf . {
Print },
v .]
1 .
To urge ,
or act upon ,
with force ,
as weight ;
to act upon by pushing or thrusting ,
in distinction from pulling ;
to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion ;
to bear upon ;
to squeeze ;
to compress ;
as ,
we press the ground with the feet when we walk ;
we press the couch on which we repose ;
we press substances with the hands ,
fingers ,
or arms ;
we are pressed in a crowd .
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Good measure ,
pressed down ,
and shaken together .
--
Luke vi .
38 .
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2 .
To squeeze ,
in order to extract the juice or contents of ;
to squeeze out ,
or express ,
from something .
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From sweet kernels pressed ,
She tempers dulcet creams . --
Milton .
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And I took the grapes ,
and pressed them into Pharaoh '
s cup ,
and I gave the cup into Pharaoh '
s hand . --
Gen .
xl .
11 .
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3 .
To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus ,
in order to compact ,
make dense ,
or smooth ;
as ,
to press cotton bales ,
paper ,
etc .;
to smooth by ironing ;
as ,
to press clothes .
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4 .
To embrace closely ;
to hug .
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Leucothoe shook at these alarms ,
And pressed Palemon closer in her arms . --
Pope .
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5 .
To oppress ;
to bear hard upon .
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Press not a falling man too far . --
Shak .
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6 .
To straiten ;
to distress ;
as ,
to be pressed with want or hunger .
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7 .
To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over ;
to constrain ;
to force ;
to compel .
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Paul was pressed in the spirit ,
and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ . --
Acts xviii .
5 .
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8 .
To try to force (
something upon some one );
to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity ;
to enforce ;
as ,
to press divine truth on an audience .
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He pressed a letter upon me within this hour .
--
Dryden .
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Be sure to press upon him every motive . --
Addison .
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9 .
To drive with violence ;
to hurry ;
to urge on ;
to ply hard ;
as ,
to press a horse in a race .
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The posts . . .
went cut ,
being hastened and pressed on ,
by the king '
s commandment . --
Esther viii .
14 .
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Note :
Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting a slow or continued application of force ;
whereas drive and strike denote a sudden impulse of force .
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{
Pressed brick }.
See under {
Brick }.
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Pressing \
Press "
ing \,
a .
Urgent ;
exacting ;
importunate ;
as ,
a pressing necessity . --
{
Press "
ing *
ly },
adv .
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93 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pressing ":
abetment ,
actuating ,
acute ,
animating ,
blandishment ,
burning ,
buttonholing ,
cajolement ,
cajolery ,
causal ,
causative ,
clamant ,
clamorous ,
coactive ,
coaxing ,
compelling ,
compulsatory ,
compulsive ,
compulsory ,
concentration ,
constraining ,
critical ,
crucial ,
crying ,
decoction ,
demanding ,
directive ,
distillation ,
draining ,
driving ,
dunning ,
encouragement ,
exacting ,
exigent ,
exorbitant ,
expression ,
extortionate ,
goading ,
grasping ,
grave ,
high -
pressure ,
high -
priority ,
impelling ,
imperative ,
imperious ,
important ,
importunate ,
importunateness ,
importunity ,
impulsive ,
inducive ,
infusion ,
insistence ,
insistent ,
instance ,
instant ,
irresistible ,
loud ,
major ,
momentous ,
motivating ,
motivational ,
motive ,
moving ,
nagging ,
needling ,
persistent ,
pertinacious ,
pestering ,
pivotal ,
plaguing ,
plying ,
portentous ,
pressure ,
pricking ,
prodding ,
profound ,
rendering ,
rendition ,
restraining ,
serious ,
significant ,
soaking ,
spurring ,
squeezing ,
steeping ,
taxing ,
teasing ,
urgency ,
urgent ,
urging ,
vital ,
wheedling
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