contraction

1.[u]收缩；缩小the process of becoming smaller

2.[c][u]（肌肉的）收缩，挛缩；（尤指分娩时的）子宫收缩a sudden and painful contracting of muscles, especially of the muscles around a woman's womb , that happens when she is giving birth to a child

3.[c]词的缩约形式a short form of a word

1.缩短,收缩;【医】挛缩

2.(开支等)缩减;收敛,狭窄;缩度

3.【语】缩略;略体,缩写

4.得病;习染;招致;(负债等的)陷入

1.the process of becoming smaller

2.a movement of a muscle in which it becomes tighter, especially the strong painful movement of the muscles of a woman’s womb that help to push a baby out during birth

3.a word made by leaving out a letter or letters of a word or words. For example “can’t” is a contraction of the word “cannot.”