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con·trac·tionBrE /kənˈtrækʃn/NAmE /kənˈtrækʃn/ noun [U] the process of becoming smaller 收缩;缩小◆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。 OPP expansion [C, U] 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 (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。 birth, breech birth, caesarean, contraction, deliver, induce, labour, midwife, obstetrics, umbilical cord [C] (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。 |