constrict

英 [kənˈstrɪkt]

美 [kənˈstrɪkt]

v.  (使)紧缩，缩窄; 限制; 限定; 抑制; 约束

过去分词：constricted　现在分词：constricting　过去式：constricted　第三人称单数：constricts　

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Collins.1 / BNC.19255 / COCA.15930

牛津词典

verb

• （使）紧缩，缩窄
  to become tighter or narrower; to make sth tighter or narrower
  1. Her throat constricted and she swallowed hard.
     她喉咙发紧，使劲地咽了一下唾沫。
  2. a drug that constricts the blood vessels.
     收缩血管的药
• 限制；限定；抑制；约束
  to limit or restrict what sb is able to do
  1. 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。
  2. constricting rules and regulations
     具有约束性的规章制度

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)(身体部位，尤指喉咙)收紧，收缩
  If a part of your body, especially your throat,is constrictedor if itconstricts, something causes it to become narrower.
  1. Severe migraine can be treated with a drug which constricts the blood vessels...
     严重的偏头疼可以用一种收缩血管的药物进行治疗。
  2. My throat constricted, so that I had to concentrate on breathing.
     我的嗓子发紧，所以我不得不把注意力集中在呼吸上。
• VERB 限制;束缚;约束
  If somethingconstrictsyou, it limits your actions so that you cannot do what you want to do.
  1. She objects to the tests the Government's advisers have devised because they constrict her teaching style...
     她反对政府顾问设计的考试，因为这些考试限制了她的教学风格。
  2. Men and women alike have been constricted by traditional sexual roles.
     男性和女性同样受到传统性别角色的束缚。

英英释义

verb

• become tight or as if tight
  1. Her throat constricted
  Synonym:constringenarrow
• squeeze or press together
  1. she compressed her lips
  2. the spasm contracted the muscle
  Synonym:compresssqueezecompactcontractpress

双语例句

• Are you sure to constrict the picture database?
  您确定要压缩当前的图像数据库吗？
• Some researchers believe the effect could be related to oxygen exposure or the amount of light exposure causing the pupil to constrict.
  一些研究人员相信，户外活动产生的影响可能与氧暴露或光照量相关，光照会令人的瞳孔收缩。
• If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can constrict.
  如果它通过了擒抱鉴定，它确定抓住并能够使用压缩。
• Constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air.
  压缩一个中空器官或导管使血液或气体停止流动。
• Used by surgeons to bind a vessel ( as to constrict the flow of blood).
  被外科医生用来捆扎血管（以控制血液的流动）。
• Capacitance vessels constrict, increasing the back flow of venous blood.
  容量血管收缩，静脉回流量增加。
• To conserve blood that will be needed by muscles, skin vessels constrict while vessels of the muscles dilate.
  为了保存肌肉所需要的血液，皮肤血管收缩，而肌肉血管舒张。
• Constrict ( someone's) throat and keep from breathing.
  压缩（某人）的喉部使不能呼吸。
• Constrict ( Ex): A black ooze deals automatic slam and acid damage with a successful grapple check.
  压缩（Ex）：一只黑色淤泥通过一个成功的擒抱鉴定来造成无意识的挥击和酸液伤害。
• The drug causes the blood vessels to constrict.
  这种药使血管收缩。