condense

[kən'dens]

v.浓缩, 凝结, 缩短

vt.

1. 压缩; 浓缩

condensed milk

炼乳

condensed soup

浓汤

Milk becomes condensed when water is taken out of it.

去除其中的水分, 牛奶便成炼乳。

2. 聚集(光线)

3. 缩短, 减缩(文章等)

He condensed his report from 2, 000 words to 1, 000.

他将报告从两千字压缩到一千字。

4. 使冷凝, 使凝结

vi.

1. (气体)冷却成液体(或固体)

Moisture in the atmosphere condensed into dew during the night.

大气中的水汽在夜里凝成了露水。

2. 浓缩; 凝结

词形变化

形容词: condensable | 名词: condensability | 动词过去式: condensed | 动词过去分词: condensed | 动词现在分词: condensing | 动词第三人称单数: condenses |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.压缩; 浓缩

compress  squeeze  reduce  concentrate  

同义参见:

simplify  shorten  cut  curtail  consolidate  lessen  abridge  distill  shrink  thicken  compress  telescope  abbreviate  stunt  

反义:

vt.vi.压缩; 浓缩; 缩短

expand  enlarge  widen  extend  

反义参见:

rarefy  

英英释义

动词 condense:

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

同义词：distill, distil

make more concise

同义词：digest, concentrate

remove water from

cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid

become more compact or concentrated

develop due to condensation

compress or concentrate

同义词：concentrate, contract

补充

condensecondense英:[kənˈdens] 美:[kənˈdɛns]vt. & vi.1.(使)变稠或变浓; 浓缩Soup condenses when boiled.汤煮过后就浓了。2.(使)凝结Steam is condensed in the condenser.蒸汽在冷凝器中凝结。vt.1.简说, 摘要, 简述I have condensed my report.我已缩短了我的报告。

例句

1. The gases are allowed to condense in the boiler.这些气体将在锅炉内凝结。 2. Water vapour condenses to form clouds.水蒸气凝结形成云。 3. The compressed gas is cooled and condenses into a liquid.压缩气体经冷却凝结成液体。 4. The chromosome condenses into a compact form.染色体聚缩。 5. The chromatin fibers begin to condense into clumps.染色质纤维开始聚成团块。 6. Her eyes skimmed over the papers, trying to condense the information.她双眼扫视了文件, 想把信息压缩一下。 7. They've tried to condense everything, skipping over some details.他们跳过一些细节, 试图精简所有的内容。 8. I was able to condense the music onto just one disc.我能把音乐压缩到一张光盘里。 9. The series should have been condensed into a single more readable book.这套丛书原本应该被缩简成可读性更强的单行本。 10. condense the main idea into one or two sentences.把中心意思压缩成一两句话。 11. a dental instrument for condensing soft composite filling material一种用于压紧柔软的复合填充材料的牙科器材 12. Next, return the liquid to the pot and condense it as described above.下一步, 把液体倒回罐里, 然后按上述方法收汤。 13. Another idea is to condense water vapor from the atmosphere in the tropics by cooling it with cold ocean water.另一个想法是, 用冰凉的海水把热带地区大气中的水蒸气冷却凝结。 14. This corresponds to the expected formula of an extensively condensed material.这与一种深度缩合物的预期分子式相符。 15. If steam touches cold surfaces, it is condensed into water.蒸气接触到冷的表面就凝结成水。 16. He managed to condense his letter of application to one page.他设法将他的申请信压缩成一页。 17. Moisture in the atmosphere condensed into dew during the night.大气中的水分在夜间凝结成露珠。 18. At normal pressures steam condenses at 100℃.在正常的压力下，蒸气在摄氏100°时凝结成液体。 19. on the Dorset coast the limestones of the Jurassic age are condensed into a mere 11 feet.多塞特郡沿海的侏罗纪时期石灰石凝聚成仅11英尺厚。 20. [as adj. condensed]check that your printer can cope with wide text or condensed characters.看一下你的打印机是能处理宽文本还是压缩字符。 21. condensed soup.浓汤。 22. he condensed the three plays into a three-hour drama.他把这三个剧本压缩成长三个小时的戏剧。 23. the moisture vapour in the air condenses into droplets of water.空气中的湿汽凝成了小水滴。 24. the cold air was condensing his breath.冷空气使他呼出的水汽凝结起来。 25. Steam condenses into water when it touches a cold surface.水蒸气接触寒冷的表面即凝结成水珠。 26. We'll have to condense these three chapters into one.我们要将这三章压缩为一章。 27. The information is collected and then passed on to the CEO in condensed form.信息被收集并简缩后，转给了首席执行官。 28. a condensed [=abridged] version of the story故事的缩略版 29. We've condensed the most important news down to a few paragraphs.我们把最重要的新闻压缩为几个段落。 30. "Every week, they condense several hours of videotape into a one half-hour TV show."他们每周都把几小时的录像带压缩成半小时的电视节目。 31. The book condenses nearly 50 years of history into 200 pages.这本书把近50年的历史浓缩成200页的文字。 32. The cooler temperatures cause the gas to condense into a liquid.低温使气体凝结成液体。 33. Moisture in the air condenses to form tiny drops of water.空气中的水分凝结成细小的水滴。 34. condense the milk by cooking it slowly.慢慢地把牛奶煮稠。 35. a can of condensed soup [=soup that has had much of the water removed and that is served by heating it with milk or water]一罐浓汤