Contraction

[kən'trækʃ(ə)n] or [kən'trækʃən]

解释:

(noun.) the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.

(noun.) (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber).

(noun.) a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; '`won't' is a contraction of `will not''; '`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock''.

录入:罗莎莉--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold.

(n.) The process of shortening an operation.

(n.) The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease.

(n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc.

(n.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is.

(n.) A marriage contract.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Shrinking, shrivelling, corrugation, drawing together.[2]. Reduction, shortening, diminution, lessening, abridgment, abbreviation.

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