| 单词 | contraction |
| 释义 | contraction n 1 [U] contracting or being contracted 缩小; 缩短; 紧缩; 收缩 the contraction of a muscle 肌肉的收缩. 2 [C] (medical 医) tightening of the womb that occurs at intervals in the hours preceding childbirth （分娩时阵发性的）子宫收缩. 3 [C] shortened form at a word 词的缩约形式; 缩约词 `Can´t´ is a contraction of `cannot´. can´t是cannot的缩约形式. |
英汉双解词典包含38652条英汉词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11：