repress

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A record pressed again; a repressing.
    — Save for the shows he actually taped — Dylan, Springsteen, Page & Plant and other kindred spirits — his own titles by 1994 were just represses of hard-to-find Japanese or American titles.
动词 v.
  1. To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further. transitive
    — to repress rebellion or sedition
  2. To press again.
    — to repress a vinyl record
  3. To check; to keep back. broadly,transitive
    — Deſire of wine and all delicious drinks […] Thou couldſt repreſs,

词形变化

represses present,singular,third-person repressing participle,present repressed participle,past repressed past represses present,singular,third-person repressing participle,present repressed participle,past repressed past represses plural

词源

词源 1
Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“to repress”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English press
English repress
From re- + press.
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