Contracted
[kən'træktɪd]
解释:
(adj.) reduced in size or pulled together; 'the contracted pupils of her eyes' .
丹尼斯校对--From WordNet
解释:
(imp. & p. p.) of Contract
(a.) Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun.
(a.) Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views.
(a.) Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace.
录入:索尔
例句:
- Secondly, In a private copartnery, each partner is bound for the debts contracted by the company, to the whole extent of his fortune. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The spasm causes the muscles of the jaw to contract very quickly and as soon as they are contracted, they let the jaw fall again of its own weight. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- What is called the unfunded debt of Great Britain, is contracted in the former of those two ways. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The spikes had never looked so sharp and cruel, nor the bars so heavy, nor the prison space so gloomy and contracted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Pardon me again--has contracted your displeasure, how? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- At the sound of his blind, vindictive voice, the laughter suddenly left the girls, and their hearts contracted with contempt. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It took him at least ten years to pay off his college bills contracted during his father's lifetime. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It twitched her nostrils open in a remarkable manner, and contracted her lips and eyebrows. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- These are mortgaged for the interest of the debt contracted, in order to carry it on. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The brilliant and distinguished circle comprehends within it no contracted amount of education, sense, courage, honour, beauty, and virtue. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- During a war of nearly the same continuance, a new debt of more than seventy-five millions was contracted. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Men's thoughts were tied down to a contracted space and a short time,--limited to their own established customs as a measure of all possible values. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The family circle became greatly contracted; and though the Miss Bertrams had latterly added little to its gaiety, they could not but be missed. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- Here, marriage is contracted by the parents of the parties to it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- He seemed scarcely to hear her, and was walking up and down the room in earnest meditation, his brow contracted, his air gloomy. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- And you have contracted two very bad habits in consequence. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The dark circles deepened, the lips quivered and contracted, and she became insensible once more. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Birkin's heart contracted swiftly, in a sudden fire of bitterness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- When she became like this, like a wall against him, his heart contracted. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- In the latter, the muscles contract in a steady and uniform manner, and remain contracted for a comparatively long time. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- McCormick at once contracted with Withington for this binder, and tried it on an Illinois farm the following July. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- There was a remarkable darkness of colour on it, and the brow was more contracted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Monsieur still urged, on the other hand, that the space was so--ha--hum--so very contracted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Doctor Beard, who was present, inferred from the way the leg contracted that it moved on both opening and closing the circuit. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Her heart was too much contracted. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Of course they contracted that the varlets who dragged us up should not mention bucksheesh once. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- She looked up at him, and a slight sinister smile contracted her white face. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Mrs. Sparsit's Coriolanian nose underwent a slight expansion of the nostrils, and her black eyebrows contracted as she took a sip of tea. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- I told him of the business of the evening, and a smile relaxed the contracted muscles. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- That public debt has been contracted in the defence, not of Great Britain alone, but of all the different provinces of the empire. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
录入:索尔