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From:
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contracted
(
a
.)收縮了的,簡約的,契約的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Con·tract
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Contracted
;
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Contracting
.]
1.
To
draw
together
or
nearer
;
to
reduce
to
a
less
compass
;
to
shorten
,
narrow
,
or
lessen
;
as
,
to
contract
one's
sphere
of
action
.
In
all
things
desuetude
doth
contract
and
narrow
our
faculties
.
--
Dr
.
H
.
More
.
2.
To
draw
together
so
as
to
wrinkle
;
to
knit
.
Thou
didst
contract
and
purse
thy
brow
.
--
Shak
.
3.
To
bring
on
;
to
incur
;
to
acquire
;
as
,
to
contract
a
habit
;
to
contract
a
debt
;
to
contract
a
disease
.
Each
from
each
contract
new
strength
and
light
.
--
Pope
.
Such
behavior
we
contract
by
having
much
conversed
with
persons
of
high
station
.
--
Swift
.
4.
To
enter
into
,
with
mutual
obligations
;
to
make
a
bargain
or
covenant
for
.
We
have
contracted
an
inviolable
amity
,
peace
,
and
lague
with
the
aforesaid
queen
.
--
Hakluyt
.
Many
persons
. . .
had
contracted
marriage
within
the
degrees
of
consanguinity
. . .
prohibited
by
law
.
--
Strype
.
5.
To
betroth
;
to
affiance
.
The
truth
is
,
she
and
I
,
long
since
contracted
,
Are
now
so
sure
,
that
nothing
can
dissolve
us
. --
Shak
.
6.
Gram.
To
shorten
by
omitting
a
letter
or
letters
or
by
reducing
two
or
more
vowels
or
syllables
to
one
.
Syn:
--
To
shorten
;
abridge
;
epitomize
;
narrow
;
lessen
;
condense
;
reduce
;
confine
;
incur
;
assume
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Con·tract·ed
a.
1.
Drawn
together
;
shrunken
;
wrinkled
;
narrow
;
as
,
a
contracted
brow
;
a
contracted
noun
.
2.
Narrow
;
illiberal
;
selfish
;
as
,
a
contracted
mind
;
contracted
views
.
3.
Bargained
for
;
betrothed
;
as
,
a
contracted
peace
.
Inquire
me
out
contracted
bachelors
.
--
Shak
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
contracted
adj
:
reduced
in
size
or
pulled
together
; "
the
contracted
pupils
of
her
eyes
" [
ant
:
expanded
]
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