constrictor

FREQ #47171

n. 使压缩的东西, 缩肌, 大蟒 [医] 缩窄器; 缩肌

发音

UK /kənˈstɹɪk.tə/
US /kənˈstɹɪk.tɚ/

词形变化

constrictores constrictors 复数 constrictors constrictores 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    That which constricts or tightens:

    A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.

    医学
  2. 2.

    That which constricts or tightens:

    A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.

    Ellipsis of pharyngeal constrictor (“each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx”).

    医学
  3. 3.

    That which constricts or tightens:

    Ellipsis of boa constrictor, either the species Boa constrictor or a similar snake that kills by constriction.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

snake serpent ophidian

下位词 1

boa

相关短语

constrictor knot constrictor knots pharyngeal constrictor 咽缩肌 superior pharyngeal constrictor 上咽缩肌 middle pharyngeal constrictor 中咽缩肌 inferior pharyngeal constrictor 下咽缩肌 boa constrictor 蟒蛇；王蛇

词源

Borrowed from New Latin cōnstrictor, or from constrict + -or.

来源：wiktionary