名词
1. Cold weather causes a contraction of two inches in the bridge.
寒冷的天气会使这座桥缩短两英寸。
1. 收缩：其中伤口收缩(contraction)是加速伤口愈合的重要环节, 但是过度的收缩会导致挛缩(contracture)的发生,引起严重的外形与功能的障碍. 瘢痕强大的收缩力非一般力量所能对抗,据测试1mm直径的胶原纤维可负荷10~14kg的拉力.
2. 缩约：文本分析的结果与人们对于网络交谈的传统观点不太符合. 表现在:缩写(abbreviation),首字母缩写(acronym)和表情符号(emoticon)运用较少,拼写错误较少,缩约(contraction)并不普遍. 但结果显示,即时交流更像口语而不是书面语.
3. 宫缩：产妇可以自己控制气体流量,最有效的办法就是在宫缩(contraction)开始时吸入,这样就可在痛苦最强烈的时候起到效果. 通常由助产士(midwife)肌肉注射. 除了能够起到减轻痛苦的作用,也会使产妇感到昏昏欲睡(drowsy). 生产之后,
4. 挛缩：挛缩(contraction):挛缩是大的伤口内组织丢失的过程. 而且正常组织内迁移减少. 从成纤维细胞转变的肌纤维细胞,具有平滑肌细胞及成纤维细胞两种的特性. 其表现为形成粘结(由于有肌动球蛋白)并挛缩,肌纤维中发现有收缩性的蛋白.
5. contraction：coc; 阴极断电收缩
1. (分娩时的)子宫收缩，宫缩
When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
2. (词的)缩约形式
A contraction is a shortened form of a word or words.
e.g. 'It's' (with an apostrophe) should be used only as a contraction for 'it is'.
it's (带撇号)只能用作 it is 的缩约形式。
3. see also: contract
1. We suppose we will see similar capital expenditure contraction trend in China but any correction would be based on other factors rather than the Olympics.
2. The plunge in car production at Japan's largest company is contributing to the country's sharpest economic contraction since the 1974 oil shock.
3. contraction
3. A reading in the index over 50 indicates an expansion of activity while one below 50 suggests contraction.
4. Latvians are struggling to adapt to an 18 percent economic contraction this year, forcing banks to export their cars as domestic demand falters.
5. Stern said last week in a media conference call that contraction could be on the table in upcoming contract talks.
6. It is the third consecutive month the PMI reading registered more than 50, the point separating expansion from contraction in manufacturing operational activities.
7. It is the third consecutive month the PMI reading has registered more than 50, the point separating expansion from contraction in manufacturing activities.
8. It is the fifth consecutive month that the index fell below 50, a dividing line of between growth and contraction.
9. Strength in consumer spending and business investment in new equipment make an outright contraction unlikely, they said.
10. A continuing international market contraction has resulted in a drastic decline of international demand for China's exported products.
noun
1. the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
2. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
Synonym: muscular contraction muscle contraction
3. a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
e.g. `won't' is a contraction of `will not'
`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'
4. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
e.g. the contraction of a gas on cooling
Synonym: compression condensation