英语词汇“contract”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a legally binding agreement between two or more people or parties

a document stating the terms of such an agreement

an undertaking to win a specified number of tricks in bridge

informal an arrangement for the murder of somebody by a hired killer

[Latin contractus, past part. of contrahere to draw together, make a contract, from con- + trahere to draw]

to establish or undertake (something) by contract

The firm was contracted to build the road in 18 months

to transfer or convey (something) by contract

The copyright was contracted to the publisher

to catch (a disease)

From the inclemency of the weather and the fatigue of the journey he soon contracted a slow illness — Edward Gibbon

to incur (a debt)

to knit or wrinkle (one's brows) when frowning

to reduce (something) to a smaller size by or as if by squeezing or forcing it together

to draw together or tighten, so as to shorten or become reduced in size

to shorten (a word) by omitting one or more sounds or letters

verb intrans

to draw together or tighten, so as to shorten or become reduced in size

Metal contracts on cooling