contraction meaning in Chinese
n.
1.缩短，收缩；【医学】挛缩。
2.(开支等)缩减；收敛，狭窄；缩度。
3.【语法】缩略〔如将 never 略成 ne'er, do not 略成 don't 等〕；略体，缩写〔如 department 缩为 dep't〕。
4.得病；习染；招致；(负债等的)陷入。
Examples
- Eventually the star's contraction slows down .
最后，恒星的收缩终于慢了下来。 - The word "sib" is a contraction of "sibling" .
“同胞”是“同胞兄弟”的简称。 - The least unitary looking contraction operator is 0 .
看来最不象酉算子的压缩算子是0。 - Wound contraction can produce serious functional impairment .
伤口收缩能造成严重的功能障碍。 - Helping verbs may be negative contractions with -n't .
助动词可为否定形式，但要用缩写-n't表示。