apply a compress to sth
介词 to 后接需要降温、消肿或止痛的部位。
She applied a cold compress to her forehead.
她把冷敷布敷在额头上。
压缩机；压缩器；多层折叠的布、冰袋等,用于敷在患者皮肤上、覆盖伤口敷料,并借助绷带对伤处施加压力。；用于压缩的机器。
A folded cloth, ice pack, or similar pad applied to the skin, often under a bandage, to relieve pain or pressure.
多层折叠的布、冰袋等,用于敷在患者皮肤上、覆盖伤口敷料,并借助绷带对伤处施加压力。
A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
用于压缩的机器。
A machine for compressing.
After the injury, the doctor applied a cold compress to reduce swelling.
受伤后，医生敷上冷敷布以减轻肿胀。
用法提示：这里“compress”作为名词，指用于冷敷的布垫。
She placed a warm compress on her forehead to soothe the headache.
她把热敷布放在额头上以缓解头痛。
用法提示：此处“compress”是名词，指热敷用的布垫。
The nurse wrapped a sterile compress around the wound to stop the bleeding.
护士用无菌敷布包扎伤口以止血。
用法提示：此处“compress”作名词，指用于包扎伤口的敷布。
介词 to 后接需要降温、消肿或止痛的部位。
She applied a cold compress to her forehead.
她把冷敷布敷在额头上。
against 强调敷布紧贴伤处并施加压力。
Hold the compress against the wound for ten minutes.
把敷布按在伤口上十分钟。
in 后接用来浸湿敷布的液体。
Soak a compress in cold water and lay it on the burn.
把敷布在冷水中浸湿，然后敷在烫伤处。
of 后接制成敷布的材料。
The nurse made a compress of folded cloth.
护士用折叠的布做成了一块敷布。
grammar · medium
易错句子The nurse put cold compress on my bruised knee.
正确表达The nurse put a cold compress on my bruised knee.
compress 作名词表示“敷布、压布”时是可数名词，单数泛指必须用不定冠词 a/an，即 a cold compress。汉语名词前没有冠词，'冷敷布'容易直译成 cold compress 而漏掉 a，加上冠词后才符合英语可数名词的规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子The doctor placed a cold compressor on my swollen ankle.
正确表达The doctor placed a cold compress on my swollen ankle.
指“敷在伤处的布/冰袋”的名词是 compress（复数 compresses），而带 -or 后缀的 compressor 指“压缩机、压缩器”这类机器。汉语'压缩'一词既能指敷布又能指机器，容易把两者混用，所以此处应改用 compress。
冷敷布
She put a cold compress on her forehead to bring down the fever.
她把冷敷布敷在额头上退烧。
热敷布
The nurse applied a warm compress to his sore shoulder.
护士把热敷布敷在他酸痛的肩膀上。
敷敷布；上冷敷或热敷
Apply a compress to the bruise twice a day.
每天在淤青处敷两次敷布。
用敷布按住
He held a compress against the cut to stop the bleeding.
他用敷布按住伤口止血。
无菌敷布
Cover the burn with a sterile compress.
用无菌敷布覆盖烧伤处。
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