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