压 [yā]

• 动词
  • （对物体施压力） press; push down; hold down; weigh down:

    press flat; flatten;

    压扁

    crush (to pieces);

    压碎

  • （使稳定; 使平静） keep under control; control; keep under; quell:

    drink some hot water to ease a cough;

    喝点热水把咳嗽压一压

    try hard to control one's anger; hold back one's rage;

    强压住心头怒火

  • （压制） bring pressure to bear on; suppress; daunt; intimidate:

    overwhelm people with one's power;

    以势压人

    Don't you try to intimidate people by pinning labels on them.

    别拿大帽子压人。

  • （逼近） approach; be getting near:

    The 5th Regiment bore down on the enemy positions.

    第五团向敌人阵地压过去。

    The setting sun was touching the hilltop.

    太阳压山了。

  • （搁着不动） pigeonhole; shelve:

    They shelve the letters and do not give them due consideration.

    他们把信件压起来， 不加处理。

    This document was pigeonholed for quite some time.

    这份公文压了不少时间。

  • （下赌注） risk (money, etc.) on sth.; stake
• 名词
  • （压力） pressure:
  • （压力） pressure:

    hydraulic [water] pressure;

    水压

    blood pressure

    血压