pressing
(a.)緊迫的,緊急的,切實的壓,榨,沖壓,唱片
Press, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pressed p. pr. & vb. n. Pressing.]
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.
Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together. --Luke vi. 38.
2. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.
From sweet kernels pressed,
She tempers dulcet creams. --Milton.
And I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. --Gen. xl. 11.
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.
4. To embrace closely; to hug.
Leucothoe shook at these alarms,
And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. --Pope.
5. To oppress; to bear hard upon.
Press not a falling man too far. --Shak.
6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.
7. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.
Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. --Acts xviii. 5.
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.
He pressed a letter upon me within this hour. --Dryden.
Be sure to press upon him every motive. --Addison.
9. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.
The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed on, by the king's commandment. --Esther viii. 14.
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.
Pressed brick. See under Brick.
Press·ing, a. Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity. -- Press*ing*ly, adv.
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pressing
adj : compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of
longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'";
"bridges in urgent need of repair" [syn: 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" [syn: press,
pressure]
2: a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press