constrict

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vt. 压缩, 束紧, 使收缩 vi. 收缩

发音

其它 /kənˈstɹɪkt/

词形变化

constricted constricteth constricting constricts 三单 constricts constricting 现在分词 constricted 过去式 constricted 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To narrow, especially by application of pressure.

    及物/不及物

    constrict the airway

    constrict blood vessels

    Clothing that is too tight can constrict blood flow.

  2. 2.

    To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. (of a snake)

    The snake began to constrict its prey.

  3. 3.

    To limit or restrict.

    比喻

词汇关系

动词

同义词 7

press contract squeeze narrow compact compress constringe

上位词 1

tighten

下位词 10

choke gag strangle fret prim convulse astringe strangulate bear down overbear

词源

Borrowed from Latin cōnstrictus (“compressed, contracted”), past participle of cōnstringō (“to draw or bind together; to compress”). Doublet of constrain.

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