contraction

noun

/kənˈtrækʃn/

[uncountable] the process of becoming smaller收缩；缩小
- The design needs to allow for the expansion and contraction of the metal.设计需要考虑到金属的膨胀和收缩。
- 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。
- Physical stress caused by expansion and contraction can damage components within the computer.由膨胀和收缩引起的物理应力会损坏计算机内的组件。
- the contraction of the pipes in cold weather寒冷天气中管道的收缩
opposite expansion
[countable, uncountable] a sudden and painful contracting of muscles, especially the muscles around a woman’s womb, that happens when she is giving birth to a child（肌肉的）收缩，挛缩；（尤指分娩时的）子宫收缩
- The contractions started coming every five minutes.子宫开始每隔五分钟收缩一次。
- Neurons control the contraction of muscles.神经细胞控制肌肉收缩
- The contractions were coming every ten minutes.宫缩每10分钟出现一次。
Wordfinder
- birth
- breech birth
- caesarean section
- contraction
- deliver
- induce
- labour
- midwife
- obstetrics
- umbilical cord
Topics Life stagesc2
[countable] (linguistics语言学) a short form of a word词的缩约形式
- ‘He's’ may be a contraction of ‘he is’ or ‘he has’.he's 可以是 he is 或 he has 的缩写形式。
Topics Languageb1

词源late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contractio(n-), from contrahere ‘draw together’, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.

词汇	contraction
释义	contraction noun /kənˈtrækʃn/ /kənˈtrækʃn/ [uncountable] the process of becoming smaller收缩；缩小 The design needs to allow for the expansion and contraction of the metal.设计需要考虑到金属的膨胀和收缩。 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。 Physical stress caused by expansion and contraction can damage components within the computer.由膨胀和收缩引起的物理应力会损坏计算机内的组件。 the contraction of the pipes in cold weather寒冷天气中管道的收缩 opposite expansion [countable, uncountable] a sudden and painful contracting of muscles, especially the muscles around a woman’s womb, that happens when she is giving birth to a child（肌肉的）收缩，挛缩；（尤指分娩时的）子宫收缩 The contractions started coming every five minutes.子宫开始每隔五分钟收缩一次。 Neurons control the contraction of muscles.神经细胞控制肌肉收缩 The contractions were coming every ten minutes.宫缩每10分钟出现一次。 Wordfinder birth breech birth caesarean section contraction deliver induce labour midwife obstetrics umbilical cord Topics Life stagesc2 [countable] (linguistics语言学) a short form of a word词的缩约形式 ‘He's’ may be a contraction of ‘he is’ or ‘he has’.he's 可以是 he is 或 he has 的缩写形式。 Topics Languageb1 词源late Middle English: via Old French from Latin contractio(n-), from contrahere ‘draw together’, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.
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