a.
- 收縮的;縮短的a contracted brow
皺攏的眉頭
- 氣量小的;偏狹的a contracted mind
狹窄的心胸
- 商定的;訂過約的
- 已訂婚的
- 節略的;簡略的
- contract的動詞過去式、過去分詞
參見
contract2
vt.
- 締結;訂(約)[(+with)]The two businesses contracted a merger.
兩家商行簽約合併了。
- 承包,承辦[(+to)]
- 使訂婚約[(+to)]
- 得(病);沾染(習慣);負(債)I contracted a cold.
我得了感冒。
- 使縮小;使收縮
vi.
- 訂契約[(+with)]We contracted with a Japanese firm for the purchase of electronic instruments.
我們與一家日本公司簽約購買電子儀器。
- 承包,承辦[(+to)]
- 縮小;收縮Metals contract in cold weather.
金屬在寒冷的天氣裡收縮。
衍生
ad.
contractedly
n.
contractedness
辨析
同義:
a.收縮了的,縮小的
drawn together made smaller constricted pinched wrapped-up shrunken shrivelled withered dwindled reduced retrenched shortened curtate lessened diminished cut cut off abbreviated narrowed trimmeda.縮略了的
condensed abridged digested synopsized summarized epitomizeda.(心胸、思想等)狹小的
narrow narrow-minded insular confined short-sighted prejudiced bigoted biased intolerant illiberal reactionary同義參見:
compressed