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pressor

/pres-er/US // ˈprɛs ər //UK // (ˈprɛsə, -sɔː) //

压力机,压力器,压迫者,压迫器

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Physiology.

    • : causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction.

Examples

  • Along that pressor beam there crept a dull red rod of energy, which surrounded the fugitive shell and brought it slowly to a halt.

  • They have to aim something—a pressor or tractor beam, most likely—and pick off each rocket separately.

  • Tractor and pressor beams were known to men, of course, but human beings used them only under very special conditions.

  • It had no beam-projectors except small-sized objects which were—which must be—their projectors of tractor and pressor beams.

  • Costigan snapped, as he released his screens and threw all his power into one enormous pressor beam.