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。
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。
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。
- 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.