| 释义 |
contraction美 [kən'trækʃ(ə)n] 英 [kən'trækʃ(ə)n] - n.收缩；挛缩；缩小；（尤指分娩时的）子宫收缩
- 网络缩写；缩短；紧缩
n. reduction,shrinkage,tightening,retrenchment,shriveling 1. | [u] 收缩；缩小the process of becoming smaller |
| the expansion and contraction of the metal 金属的膨胀与收缩 | | The sudden contraction of the markets left them with a lot of unwanted stock. 股票市场骤然收缩，让他们剩下了许多无人要的股票。 |
2. | [c][u] （肌肉的）收缩，挛缩；（尤指分娩时的）子宫收缩a sudden and painful contracting of muscles, especially of the muscles around a woman's womb , that happens when she is giving birth to a child |
| The contractions started coming every five minutes. 子宫开始每隔五分钟收缩一次。 |
3. | [c] 词的缩约形式a short form of a word |
| ‘He's’ may be a contraction of ‘he is’ or ‘he has’. he's 可以是 he is 或 he has 的缩约形式。 |
n. | 1. a shrinking or reducing 2. a tightening or narrowing of a muscle, organ, or other body part 3. a tightening of the muscles of the womb that occurs at increasingly frequent intervals immediately before childbirth and eventually pushes the baby out of the womb 4. a shortened form or shortening of a word or phrase, e.g. "he'll" for "he will." 5. the process of becoming smaller 6. a movement of a muscle in which it becomes tighter, especially the strong painful movement of the muscles of a woman’s womb that help to push a baby out during birth 7. a word made by leaving out a letter or letters of a word or words. For example “can’t” is a contraction of the word “cannot.” 1. a shrinking or reducing 2. a tightening or narrowing of a muscle, organ, or other body part 3. a tightening of the muscles of the womb that occurs at increasingly frequent intervals immediately before childbirth and eventually pushes the baby out of the womb 4. a shortened form or shortening of a word or phrase, e.g. "he'll" for "he will." 5. the process of becoming smaller 6. a movement of a muscle in which it becomes tighter, especially the strong painful movement of the muscles of a woman’s womb that help to push a baby out during birth 7. a word made by leaving out a letter or letters of a word or words. For example “can’t” is a contraction of the word “cannot.” |
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