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- contractions contracted contract
n.
- 易混淆的单词：Contractions
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(分娩时的)子宫收缩，宫缩 When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
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(词的)缩约形式 A contraction is a shortened form of a word or words.
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'It's' (with an apostrophe) should be used only as a contraction for 'it is'.
it's (带撇号)只能用作 it is 的缩约形式。
- 1. Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing.
- 缩略词在口语里比在书写中常见得多。
来自《简明英汉词典》
