contracting

名词 contracting:

1. becoming infected
   同义词：catching

动词 contract:

1. enter into a contractual arrangement
   同义词：contract, undertake
2. engage by written agreement
   同义词：sign, contract, sign on, sign up
3. squeeze or press together
   同义词：compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
4. become smaller or draw together
   同义词：shrink, contract
5. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
   同义词：contract, take, get
6. make smaller
   同义词：contract
7. compress or concentrate
   同义词：condense, concentrate, contract
8. make or become more narrow or restricted
   同义词：narrow, contract
9. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
   同义词：abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce

1. The act of contracting or the state of being contracted.
   收缩收缩的行为或被缩小(短)的状态
2. The Company was in a strait for they had only twenty-four hours more in which to complete their contract and they had at least sixty hours' work to do.
   公司当时陷入了困境，因为他们要完成合同只剩下24小时，而当时他们要干的活至少需要60小时。
3. Something, especially a muscle, that contracts.
   收缩物收缩的事物，尤指肌肉