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。
• Fourth, fiscal contractions that rely on spending cuts are more expansionary than tax-driven adjustment.
  第四，与税收驱动的调整相比，依赖于削减支出的财政紧缩更具有扩张性。
• Natural history of ventricular premature contractions in children with a structurally normal heart: does origin matter?
  结构正常心脏儿童室性期前收缩的自然史：起源是否重要？
• 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。
• The signs of labor are contractions and rupture of membranes.
  分娩的症状是宫缩和羊膜破裂。
• 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。
• Stimulates and maintains nerve signals and muscle contractions.
  促进和维持神经和肌肉收缩的。
• 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。
• 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。
• An electronic device that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth.
  中心频率未调制频率分娩时监视胎儿心跳和母体子宫收缩频率的电子装置。