| 释义 |
Noun: contracting kóntrakting- Becoming infected
"the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
- catching
Verb: contract kun'trakt- Enter into a contractual arrangement
- undertake - Engage by written agreement
- sign, sign on, sign up - Squeeze or press together
"the spasm contracted the muscle"
- compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press - Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- take, get - Become smaller or draw together
- shrink - Make smaller
"The heat contracted the woollen garment" - Compress or concentrate
- condense, concentrate - Make or become more narrow or restricted
- narrow, neck - Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce
See also: contraction, contractor, contracture Type of: acquiring, alter, assure, change, come down, decrease, diminish, employ, engage, fall, getting, hire, lessen, minify, modify, promise, reduce, shrink, sicken, tighten Antonym: expand Encyclopedia: Contract Contracting |