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。 |