1 something that consists of two or more things or substances combined together 复合物;综合体;化合物:
a chemical compound化合物
2 (grammar语法) a noun, an adjective or a verb made of two or more words or parts of words, written as one or more words, or joined by a HYPHEN 复合词(由两个或以上词或成分组成,可以是一个词、几个词或用连字符(-)连接):
‘Car park’, ‘bad-tempered’ and ‘bathroom’ are all compounds.car park、bad-tempered及bathroom都是复合词。
3 an area of land with a group of buildings on it, surrounded by a wall or fence 四周有墙或篱笆、上面有建筑群的一块地;院落
compound²
/kəmˈpaʊnd ||; kəmˈpaυnd/verb
[T] to make sth such as a problem worse 使(问题等)恶化或复杂化