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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Constrict \Con*strict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constricted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Constricting}.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of
constringere. See {Constrain}.]
To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to
cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
Such things as constrict the fibers. --Arbuthnot.
Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their
contraction serves to constrict. --Todd &
Bowman.
資料來源 : WordNet®
constricting
adj 1: hindering freedom of movement; "tight garments are
uncomfortably binding" [syn: {binding}]
2: (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom [syn: {constrictive},
{narrowing}]