iron

Compared meaning: make clothes smooth with heat (verb).

比较义项：熨烫衣物（动词）。

• iron 本词

  The everyday, common word for this action, usually done at home with a hand-held iron on garments like shirts or sheets; the default choice for most speakers.

  这是最日常、最常用的说法，通常在家里用手持熨斗熨烫衬衫、床单等衣物，是大多数人默认使用的词。

  She ironed her cotton shirt every morning before heading to work.

  她每天早上上班前都会熨烫她的棉衬衫。

• press

  Suggests a more careful or professional job, often done with a pressing machine on suits or trousers, typically at a dry cleaner's; sounds slightly more formal.

  暗示更精细或专业的处理，常用压烫机熨烫西装、长裤，多见于干洗店场景，语气略显正式。

  The dry cleaner pressed his suit trousers with a large pressing machine.

  干洗店用大型压烫机熨烫了他的西裤。

Iron and press both mean making clothes smooth with heat, but the setting differs. Iron is the everyday word, used at home. Press suggests a more careful, professional job, often done at a dry cleaner's. Other meanings of iron and press are not compared.

iron 和 press 在“熨烫衣物”这个意义上很接近，但语气和使用场合略有不同：iron 是日常家庭熨烫时最常用的词，press 更强调专业、正式的熨烫处理，常见于干洗店场景，语气略显正式。这里不比较 press 的“新闻界”“按压”等其他常见意义，也不比较 iron 作为名词“熨斗”的意义。