constrict
constrict 英 [kənˈstrɪkt] 美 [kənˈstrɪkt]
vt. 紧缩；限制
进行时:constricting 过去式:constricted 过去分词:constricted 第三人称单数:constricts 名词复数:constricts
- To constrict is to squeeze uncomfortably. If your new turtleneck sweater constricts your neck, the sweater is probably too small.
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- vt. 紧缩；限制
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1. Her throat constricted and she swallowed hard.
她喉咙发紧，使劲地咽了一下唾沫。
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2. a drug that constricts the blood vessels
收缩血管的药
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3. Film-makers of the time were constricted by the censors.
那时的电影制作人受到了审查官的限制。
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4. constricting rules and regulations
具有约束性的规章制度
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5. Her throat felt dry and constricted.
她感到喉咙发干发紧。
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6. a constricted vision of the world
受到局限的对世界的认识
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7. a feeling of constriction in the chest
胸部的压迫感
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8. political constrictions
政治上的约束
- constrict (v.) 1732, "to cause to draw together by external force or influence;" 1759, "to draw together at any point by force or action," a back-formation from constriction, or else from Latin constrictus, past participle of constringere "compress" (see constrain).
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