appress
/əˈpres/verb
with obj.(一般作be appressed)
- technical press (something) close to something else〈技〉使紧贴：
the two cords can be closely appressed to one another.
这两根绳子能接在一起。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin appress- 'pressed close'， from the verb apprimere, from ad- 'to' + premere 'to press'.