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constriction

/kuhn-strik-shuhn/US // kənˈstrɪk ʃən //UK // (kənˈstrɪkʃən) //

压迫,收缩,压迫感,缩减

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of constricting.
    • : the state of being constricted; tightness or inward pressure.
    • : a constricted part.
    • : something that constricts.
    • : Phonetics. an articulated narrowing of the vocal tract that in consonants audibly obstructs the flow of air and in vowels defines an interconnection between or among resonance cavities.Compare closure.

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Examples

  • The trend in recent years has been for an expansion of the legality of marijuana, not a constriction.

  • Then it dawned on me, and I felt a quick constriction of my heart that was both bliss and pain.

  • Then his brain and his heart began to stir and move again a little, the constriction of the paralysis was passing off.

  • It is the constriction of dress, that is to be feared, and not any particular article that produces it.

  • It is in the position most used when engaged in common employments, that we are to judge of the constriction of dress.

  • Before disconnecting the apparatus, seal the glass tube from the culture vessel at the constriction, using the blowpipe flame.