contractions

英 [kənˈtrækʃənz]

美 [kənˈtrækʃənz]

n.  收缩; 缩小; (肌肉的)收缩，挛缩; (尤指分娩时的)子宫收缩; 词的缩约形式
contraction的复数

柯林斯词典

• (分娩时的)子宫收缩，宫缩
  When a woman who is about to give birth hascontractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
• N-COUNT (词的)缩约形式
  Acontractionis a shortened form of a word or words.
  1. '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。
• See also:contract

双语例句

• Bear markets anticipate and price in economic contractions.
  熊市预期经济会出现萎缩，并在价格中得到体现。
• Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing.
  缩略词在口语里比在书写中常见得多。
• Abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction.
  肌肉不正常的拉长；肌肉收缩后缓慢放松。
• In humans higher oxytocin levels have been linked to physiological phenomena like contractions during childbirth, or orgasm.
  对人类而言，更高的催产素与像孕子期时的收缩或者高潮等生理现象相关。
• The remaining 30 percent had either low back pain or contractures& continuous, involuntary muscle contractions.
  剩下的这30%学生，要么有腰痛，要么有挛缩&肌肉持续的、非随意的紧缩。
• My chart uses their data, in which recoveries have the same duration as prior contractions.
  我的图中也使用了他们的数据，他们的数据表明，这几次危机中复苏所需的时间与之前的收缩期一样长。
• What it says is that existing laws of physics can account for a succession of expansions and contractions.
  它所要表达的是：现有的物理定律就能解释接连不断的膨胀和收缩。
• Because contractions of the cervix and vagina during orgasm transport semen deeper into the reproductive tract.
  这是因为，在高潮期间，宫颈和阴道的收缩会将精液运送到生殖道更深处。
• Pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs.
  头脑血管扩张或肌肉紧缩或药物作用引起的头部疼痛。
• Caution: This point is forbidden for pregnant women because its stimulation can cause premature contractions in the uterus.
  注意：这一点对于孕妇是被禁止的，因为它的刺激可引起子宫早期收缩研究。