1. | [i][t] (由气体)冷凝;(使气体)凝结to change from a gas into a liquid; to make a gas change into a liquid |
Steam condenses into water when it cools. 蒸汽冷却时凝结为水。 | |
The steam was condensed rapidly by injecting cold water into the cylinder. 由于汽缸中注入了冷水,蒸汽迅速凝结了。 |
2. | [i][t] ~ (sth) (使)浓缩,变浓,变稠if a liquidcondenses or youcondense it, it becomes thicker and stronger because it has lost some of its water |
Condense the soup by boiling it for several minutes. 煮几分钟把汤熬浓。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth (into sth) 简缩;压缩(文字、信息等)to put sth such as a piece of writing into fewer words; to put a lot of information into a small space |
The article was condensed into just two pages. 这篇文章被简缩成仅两页。 | |
The author has condensed a great deal of material into just 100 pages. 作者在短短 100 页中浓缩了大量信息。 |