| 单词 | contraction |
| 释义 | contraction 1 ENTRIES FOUND: plural contractions 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
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
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
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