| 释义 |
constricting, ppl. a.|kənˈstrɪktɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That constricts; compressing, squeezing tightly all round.
1836Penny Cycl. V. 20/1 Virgil's Laocoön, and the unrivalled marble group..owe their origin undoubtedly to the stories current of constricting serpents. 1883T. L. Brunton in Nature 8 Mar. 438 The constricting fibres which issue from the ganglion and pass to the ear. |