press
按压,按,按键,按语
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Definitions
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- : to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- : to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position: The crowd pressed him into a corner.
- : to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or size: He pressed the clay into a ball.
- : to weigh heavily upon; subject to pressure.
- : to hold closely, as in an embrace; clasp: He pressed her in his arms.
- : to flatten or make smooth, especially by ironing: to press clothes; to press flowers in the leaves of a book.
- : to extract juice, sugar, etc., from by pressure: to press grapes.
- : to squeeze out or express, as juice: to press the juice from grapes.
- : to beset or harass; afflict: He was pressed by problems on all sides.
- : to trouble or oppress; put into a difficult position, as by depriving: Poverty pressed them hard.
- : to urge or entreat strongly or insistently: to press for payment of a debt; to press for an answer.
- : to emphasize or propound forcefully; insist upon: He pressed his own ideas on us.
Phrases
- pressed for time
- press into service
- press on
- press one's luck
- press the flesh
- hard pressed
- hot off the press
- push (press) one's luck
- push (press) someone's buttons
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Apple has removed the ability of the watch to sense deep presses on the screen, a feature it called 3D Touch on all previous models.
Still, a lightning storm of 11,000 lightning strikes struck the San Francisco Bay Area in mid-august and ignited over 367 new fires, says Cal Fire’s division chief Jeremy Rahn in a press release.
Navigating your phone and typingA long press on any app icon on the home screen on Android or iOS will reveal some useful time-saving shortcuts.
As of press time, here is a guide to some of the LGBTQ programs that are on the calendar.
At a press conference Friday, the Union-Tribune reports, Assemblyman Todd Gloria urged the city to investigate what happened and urged NBC 7 to be transparent about its own efforts to understand how it got duped.
Cambodia, with its seemingly free press, is also a haven for foreign journalists.
Sadly, it appears the American press often doesn't need any outside help when it comes to censoring themselves.
This time it would be the biggest mistake for the Western press to repeat that—absolutely the biggest mistake.
But the most important point I want to make is about what the press does now.
And finally, this is who most of our political press is—gullible enough to be surprised by either of the first two.
If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.