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压力,紧迫,强调,重音,重点,应力加压力於,著重,重读
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Stress \Stress\, v. t.
1. To subject to phonetic stress; to accent.
2. To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.
Stress \Stress\, n. [Abbrev. fr. distress; or cf. OF. estrecier
to press, pinch, (assumed) LL. strictiare, fr. L. strictus.
See {Distress}.]
1. Distress. [Obs.]
Sad hersal of his heavy stress. --Spenser.
2. Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things;
except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight;
significance.
The faculties of the mind are improved by exercise,
yet they must not be put to a stress beyond their
strength. --Locke.
A body may as well lay too little as too much stress
upon a dream. --L'Estrange.
3. (Mech. & Physics) The force, or combination of forces,
which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or
manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and
taking specific names according to its direction, or mode
of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear
or tangential stress. --Rankine.
Stress is the mutual action between portions of
matter. --Clerk
Maxwell.
4. (Pron.) Force of utterance expended upon words or
syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in
accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See
{Guide to pronunciation}, [sect][sect] 31-35.
5. (Scots Law) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the
thing distrained.
{Stress of voice}, unusual exertion of the voice.
{Stress of weather}, constraint imposed by continued bad
weather; as, to be driven back to port by stress of
weather.
{To lay stress upon}, to attach great importance to; to
emphasize. ``Consider how great a stress is laid upon this
duty.'' --Atterbury.
{To put stress upon}, or {To put to a stress}, to strain.
Stress \Stress\, v. t.
1. To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.
[R.] --Spenser.
2. To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.
资料来源 : WordNet®
stress
n 1: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note
(especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the
stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: {emphasis}, {accent}]
2: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or
suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional
tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor" [syn: {tension}, {tenseness}]
3: (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body;
"the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force
divided by units of area"
4: special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more
on accuracy than on speed" [syn: {focus}]
5: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she
endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided
over the economy during the period of the greatest stress
and danger"- R.J.Samuelson [syn: {strain}]
stress
v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes
exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: {emphasize},
{emphasise}, {punctuate}, {accent}, {accentuate}]
2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent
the last syllable of each word" [syn: {accent}, {accentuate}]
3: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" [syn: {try},
{strain}]
资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
STRESS
STRuctual Engineering Systems Solver.
A system for structural analysis problems in Civil
Engineering. STRESS was superseded by {STRUDL}.
["STRESS: A User's Manual", S.J. Fenves et al, MIT Press
1964].
[Sammet 1969, p. 612].
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