contraction

noun

/kənˈtrækʃn/

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[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。
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[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。
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Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin contractio(n-), from contrahere ‘draw together’, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.