Contraction
[kən'trækʃ(ə)n] or [kən'trækʃən]
解釋/意思:
(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''.
錄入:罗莎莉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Shrinking, shrivelling, corrugation, drawing together.[2]. Reduction, shortening, diminution, lessening, abridgment, abbreviation.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The contraction of the frog's legs may with considerable safety be said to be caused by these mechanical vibrations being transmitted through the conducting wires. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Everything he has done has been aimed at the conservation of energy, the contraction of space, the intensification of culture. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Amount of Expansion and Contraction. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- How long would it take him to do that, using every possible contraction? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- If the wires were stretched taut in the summer, there would not be sufficient leeway for the contraction which accompanies cold weather, and in winter they would snap. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Stones, gravel and sticks must be removed, otherwise the contraction of the clay and expansion of the stones on burning, produce a weak and crumbling structure. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The dial on the front of the instrument is intended to indicate the exact amount of physical expansion or contraction of the strip. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- We owe the snug fit of metal tires and bands to the expansion and contraction resulting from heating and cooling. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- But his eyes had a faintly ironical contraction. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- There was a pitiful contraction of suffering upon her beautiful brows, although there was no other sign of consciousness remaining. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Any subsequent expansion or contraction of the strip may readily be noted by further movements of the needle. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Expansion and Contraction. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- A contraction as of anguish altered Mrs. Pryor's features; she wrung her hands; half a groan escaped her lips. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Her name is Lizzie,' said the schoolmaster, with a strong contraction of his whole face. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mrs Clennam, with a deep contraction of her brows, was looking at him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The contractions and expansions set in motion the clockwork which marks the rate of consumption. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A galvanoscopic frog giving contractions with one cell through two water rheostats was then placed in circuit. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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