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contraction
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noun 
/kənˈtrækʃ(ə)n/
/kənˈtrækʃ(ə)n/ | singular | contraction |
| plural | contractions |
- 1[C] medical a movement of a muscle in which it becomes tighter, especially the strong painful movement of the muscles of a woman's womb that help to push a baby out during birth （尤指分娩時子宮的）收縮，攣縮Synonyms and related wordsPregnancy and having a baby: abort, the afterbirth, amniocentesis...
- 2[U] the process of becoming smaller 收縮；縮小
the contraction of cooling metal 金屬冷卻時的收縮
There is likely to be further contraction of the dot.com sector as more firms go bankrupt. 随着更多公司破産，網絡行業很可能進一步收縮。
Synonyms and related wordsTo become smaller: shrink, contract, compact... - 3[C] linguistics a word made by leaving out a letter or letters of a word or words. For example ‘can't' is a contraction of the word ‘cannot'. 縮約詞，縮約形式（如can’ 是cannot 的縮約形式）Synonyms and related wordsTypes of word: antonym, argot, back formation...
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