compact是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. /n. 紧密的, 紧凑的; 合同，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Such was the region the Nautilus was now visiting, a perfect meadow, a close carpet of seaweed, fucus, and tropical berries, so thick and so compact that the stem of a vessel could hardly tear its way through it.
-- Presently the pickaxe attacked this compact matter vigorously, and large blocks were detached from the mass.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It had been agreed, that without forming a compact band, the settlers should not stray away from each other.
-- The combustion of these plants was kept up for several days, and the result was a compact gray mass, which has been long known under the name of "natural soda."
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Into one little chamber of this temple, he dropped an egg; into another some coffee; into a third a compact piece of raw steak from a neat tin case; into a fourth, he poured some water.
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