英语词汇“contraction”的读音、翻译、意思、用法、释义-英汉双解词典

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词汇	contraction
释义	contraction 1 ENTRIES FOUND: contraction (noun) contraction /kənˈtrækʃən/ noun plural contractions contraction /kənˈtrækʃən/ noun plural contractions Learner's definition of CONTRACTION 1 [noncount] : the act or process of making something smaller or of becoming smaller收缩；缩小 The hot metal undergoes contraction as it cools.热金属冷却时会收缩。 Two teams were eliminated in the contraction of the baseball league.两支球队在棒球联盟精简过程中被淘汰。 2 [count] medical : a movement of a muscle that causes it to become tight and that is sometimes painful especially : a movement of muscles in the womb when a woman is giving birth to a child（肌肉的）收缩，挛缩；（尤指分娩时）子宫收缩，宫缩 She felt contractions every two minutes.她每两分钟会感到一次宫缩。 3 [count] : a short form of a word or word group that is made by leaving out a sound or letter（单词或词组的）缩约形式，缩略形式；缩约词 The word “don't” is a contraction of “do not.”单词don't是do not的缩约形式。
随便看	at somebody's bidding at somebody's disposal at somebody's elbow at somebody's expense at somebody's feet at somebody's heels at somebody's pleasure at somebody's service at somebody's suggestion at someone's beck and call at someone's bidding at someone's disposal at someone's elbow at someone's expense at someone's feet at someone's heels at someone's pleasure at someone's service at someone's suggestion at speed at stake att. att at table attach