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press (obj) PUSHpresvto push (something) firmly, esp. in a controlling way, often without causing it to move permanently further away from you按，压，推He pressed the bell/phone buttons/switch/pedal. [T]他按了门铃/电话按钮/开关/踏板。She pressed his arm to get his attention. [T]她推推他的胳膊以得到他的注意。Press the cutter into the pastry several times to make a pattern. [T]把刀在糕点里划几下弄出个图案。We pressed the pieces of the cardboard house out of the book and started to make the model. [T]我们把硬纸板房屋的零件从书中按出来，开始做个模型。The crowd pressed against the locked doors trying to get into the building. [I always + adv/prep]人群推上锁的门想进楼里去。Press down firmly on the lever. [I always + adv/prep]用力向下压橇棒。Press the lever firmly down. [M]用力将橇棒压下。If you press fruit, you use force on it with a utensil in order to remove the juice.挤取，榨取When you have pressed the oranges, strain the juice. [T]榨桔子后，滤桔子汁。When you press clothes you make them smooth by IRONING them. [T]烫平To press a record or CD is to make one.制作，录制Emigre pressed 3000 copies and sent some out to college radio stations. [T]埃米加制作了3000份，送了一些给校广播站。We'll do a test pressing.我们先试着制作一次。To press something is also to make it firm and flat by putting it under something heavy.压平，压缩The children pressed some flowers. [T]孩子们把一些花压平。We've got various types of cold meat, including pressed tongue and pressed turkey breast.我们有各种各样的冷肉，包括压紧的牛舌和火鸡胸脯。If you are (hard) pressed (for something), you are in a difficult situation because you do not have enough of it.处境窘迫，处境为难We're rather pressed (for time) -- we have to be there in half an hour. [T]我们时间相当紧----我们必须在半小时内到那里。The research budget is hard pressed for cash. [T]研究预算很紧。They're pressed for space in their little house. [T]他们的小屋子里挤得很。(Br and Aus) A press-stud (also snap fastener, also Br popper, Am snap) is a small clothes fastener with two usually round parts, one of which is pushed into the other.揿钮(Br) A press-up (Am and Aus push-up) is a type of physical exercise in which you lie flat with your face towards the floor and try to push up your body with your arms while keeping your legs and your back straight.俯卧撑Do twenty press-ups every morning.每天早上做20个俯卧撑
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