单词 | constricting |
释义 | constrictingadj. That constricts; compressing, squeezing tightly all round. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting compressive1578 constrictive1578 strangling1606 squeezy1751 strangulating1822 constricting1836 constringing1858 constringent1876 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 20/1 Virgil's Laocoön, and the unrivalled marble group..owe their origin undoubtedly to the stories current of constricting serpents. 1883 T. L. Brunton in Nature 8 Mar. 438 The constricting fibres which issue from the ganglion and pass to the ear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1836 |
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