释义 |
compacting, vbl. n.|kəmˈpæktɪŋ| [f. compact v.1 + -ing1.] The action of the vb. compact.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. 1. 6 b, The body of man doth vtter..so cunning a compacting together. 1696Bp. Patrick Comm. Ex. xiv. (1697) 258 The compacting of the Waters to such a degree that they were no longer fluid. 1845Stoddart in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) I. 18/1 The compacting and fitting together of a sentence. |