1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]HCLIQUID if a gascondenses, or is condensed, it becomes a liquid (使)凝結,(使)冷凝
the mist which condensed on every cold surface
每個冰冷的表面上凝結的水汽
condense into
The gaseous metal is cooled and condenses into liquid zinc.
氣態金屬被冷卻並凝結成液態鋅。
2[transitiveT]SHORT/NOT LONG to make something that is spoken or written shorter, by not giving as much detail or using fewer words to give the same information 將〔講話或文章〕壓縮
condense something into something
This whole chapter could be condensed into a few paragraphs.
這一整章可以壓縮成幾個段落。
3[transitiveT]LIQUID to make a liquid thicker by removing some of the water 將〔液體〕濃縮
condensed soup
濃湯
Examples from the Corpus
condense• The air becomes fog and condenses.• How could he condense all he had lived through into a sixty-minute speech?• Hawkins condensed all his writings into one volume for publication.• The water produced would be condensed and stored for recycling.• Medved's article was condensed in Reader's Digest.• They use technology from the firm's successful YZ426Fcrosser, but condensed into a smaller package.• The gaseousmetal is put in a closed container and cooled so that it condenses into liquid zinc.• It not only blocks any soffit vents but can cause water vapor to condense into water any time of the year.• Steam from the showercondensed on the cold bathroommirror.• During cold nights, air condenses on the grass to form dew.• Try insulating the water pipes to preventmoisture from condensing on them.• To save space these are condensed on two staves.• Intelligence here is her noticing how loaded and metaphoric and condensed something seen can be.• condensedsoup• I'd like to condense that statement still further.
Origincondense
(1400-1500)Frenchcondenser, from Latin, from com- ( → COM-) + densare“to make dense”