单词 | constrict |
释义 | constrictv. 1. transitive. To draw together as by tightening an encircling string; to make small or narrow (a tube or orifice); to contract, compress. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > compress or constrict thrumc1275 constrainc1374 nip1381 rinea1398 compress1398 withstrainc1400 coarctc1420 pincha1425 strain1426 nipe1440 thrumble1513 comprime?1541 astrict1548 sneap1598 cling1601 wring1603 constringe1609 coarctate1620 compinge1621 choke1635 compel1657 cramp1673 hunch1738 constrict1759 tighten1853 scrunch1861 throttle1863 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry iii. xii. 400 More closely constricted, and thereby the juice is better strained. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. vi. 182 A spasm constricted her mouth for an instant. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. 123 The neck should not be constricted by a tight collar. 2. To cause (organic tissue) to contract or draw together; to cause to contract or shrink. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > of tissue: become diseased [verb (transitive)] > alter tissue > contract constrain1398 constringe1604 constrict1732 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 273 Such things as constrict the Fibres. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. i. 18 The pores of the stuff, opened by the heat of boiling water, and again constricted by cold. 1881 B. Sanderson in Nature No. 619. 442 The influence which these [vascular nerves] transmit is here relaxing, there constricting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1732 |
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