单词 | constricted |
释义 | constricted (once / 14868 pages) adj WORD FAMILY constricted: unconstricted+/constrict: constricted, constricting, constriction, constrictive, constrictor, constricts/constriction: constrictions/constrictor: constrictors USAGE EXAMPLESThis is different from a heart attack, which is a stopping of the heart because the blood supply is constricted, perhaps by clogged arteries. BBC(Aug 13, 2014) His life was destined to unfold in a constricted area. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) Peluchonneau is a tragically constricted soul, but not an entirely unsympathetic character. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically a constricted blood vessel a constricted view of life Syn|Ant narrowed made narrow; limited in breadth pinchedas if squeezed uncomfortably tight stenosed, stenoticabnormally constricted body canal or passage unconstricted not constricted physically or by extension psychologically openwithout undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition 2adj especially tense; especially in some dialects Syn tense pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') |
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