depressurize
depressurize — 動詞
- depressurizepresent simple I / you / we / they
- depressurizeshe / she / it
- depressurizedpast simple
- depressurizing-ing form
1. to let air out of a sealed space such as a cabin, tank, or chamber so that the a
減壓；洩壓
把密閉空間內的氣壓降低
to let air out of a sealed space such as a cabin, tank, or chamber so that the air inside pushes less hard against its walls
The crew slowly depressurized the cabin before the divers opened the hatch.
在潛水員打開艙門之前，機組人員慢慢地為艙內減壓。
transitive: depressurize + the cabin
Sofia turned the valve to depressurize the fuel tank before the repair began.
Sofia 在開始維修前轉動閥門，為燃料箱洩壓。
depressurize + [container] for safe maintenance
If the plane depressurizes at high altitude, oxygen masks will drop down automatically.
如果飛機在高空失壓，氧氣面罩會自動落下。
intransitive: [aircraft] depressurizes
Engineers must depressurize the pipe fully before anyone removes the metal cap.
在任何人取下金屬蓋之前，工程師必須先把管線完全洩壓。
safety collocation: depressurize before removing
The space station was depressurized for two hours during the long spacewalk.
在那次長時間的太空漫步中，太空站減壓了兩個小時。
passive: be depressurized for [duration]
- depressurize the cabin
- depressurize the tank
- slowly depressurize
- depressurize before opening
- decompress
near-synonym, more common for diving and medical contexts
- vent
stresses letting the gas escape through an opening
- pressurize
to raise the air pressure inside instead of lowering it
文法句型
depressurize + [container/space]
[cabin] + depressurizes
用法筆記
Object is usually a sealed container or space whose contents are held under pressure — a cabin, tank, pipe, or chamber. Frequently passive in technical safety writing.
常見錯誤
同根字
- pressure名詞B1
- pressurize動詞C1
- depressurization名詞C2