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

• Convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations.
  以肌肉收缩和放松交替变化为特征的痉挛。
• 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。
• This limits its ability to respond to domestic contractions.
  这限制了中国应对国内经济萎缩的能力。
• The signs of labor are contractions and rupture of membranes.
  分娩的症状是宫缩和羊膜破裂。
• They are used in a vaginal suppository, causing uterine contractions to begin a few hours after insertion.
  它们是以阴道栓剂的形式使用，塞入几个小时后开始引起子宫收缩。
• Pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus.
  妇女生产后感到的疼痛；和子宫收缩有关。
• 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 strain of the contractions and the pushing caused the aneurysm to rupture.
  收缩的张力和推挤使得动脉瘤破裂了。
• Cramps are muscular contractions which tie the tendons into knots.
  痉挛是肌肉收缩，筋缠到关节上了。
• 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。