constricted

英 [kənˈstrɪktɪd]

美 [kənˈstrɪktɪd]

v.  (使)紧缩，缩窄; 限制; 限定; 抑制; 约束
constrict的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：constricted　

TOEFL

BNC.34717 / COCA.24856

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)(身体部位，尤指喉咙)收紧，收缩
  If a part of your body, especially your throat,is constrictedor if itconstricts, something causes it to become narrower.
  1. Severe migraine can be treated with a drug which constricts the blood vessels...
     严重的偏头疼可以用一种收缩血管的药物进行治疗。
  2. My throat constricted, so that I had to concentrate on breathing.
     我的嗓子发紧，所以我不得不把注意力集中在呼吸上。
• VERB 限制;束缚;约束
  If somethingconstrictsyou, it limits your actions so that you cannot do what you want to do.
  1. She objects to the tests the Government's advisers have devised because they constrict her teaching style...
     她反对政府顾问设计的考试，因为这些考试限制了她的教学风格。
  2. Men and women alike have been constricted by traditional sexual roles.
     男性和女性同样受到传统性别角色的束缚。

英英释义

adj

• drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically
  1. a constricted blood vessel
  2. a constricted view of life
• especially tense

双语例句

• My near-acceptable ( I think) pronunciation concealed an awfully constricted range of Chinese vocabulary.
  我那勉强还可以被接受（自认为）的发音掩饰了我极为有限的华语词汇。
• Whether you suffer from a sore back or anxiety, from knee strain or exhaustion, there's a good chance that a constricted psoas muscle might be contributing to your woes.
  不管你是下腰痛或是心理上的焦虑，膝盖伤或是过度劳累都有可能与腰肌的不当使用有关。
• From that glass door the pale-faced man went to the count's bedroom and raised with a constricted hand the curtain of a window overlooking the court-yard.
  那个脸色苍白的人从那道玻璃门走到伯爵的卧室里，用一只痉挛的手拉开朝向院子的那个窗口的窗帘。
• ( botany) of a cylindrical or ellipsoid body; swollen and constricted at intervals.
  （植）指圆柱或椭圆的物体；不时膨胀收缩。
• Viewed from an international perspective, the constricted range of the US fiscal debate is striking.
  通过国际横向比较可见，美国财政问题的讨论空间令人吃惊地有限。
• Studies made of children's health showed that their lives were unhappy, their minds fatigued, their shoulders bent, and their chests so constricted that they easily fell prey to tuberculosis.
  对儿童健康所做的研究也表明，他们的生活不幸、心理疲劳、腰酸背驼、胸腔畏缩，以致他们很容易成为结核菌的牺牲品。
• The Verdict: Ginger, well known as a therapy for an upset stomach, is recently getting attention among scientists for what appears to be its capacity to open constricted airways& demonstrated in several recent studies, in animals and in human cells tested in a lab.
  定论：生姜用于治疗胃部不适的功效广为人知，最近它又引起了科学家的关注，因为近期针对动物和人体细胞的几项实验室研究显示，生姜似乎能够使收缩的呼吸道更加通畅。
• He rubbed his ankles where the bindings had constricted him.
  他揉了揉用绷带扎紧的脚踝。
• I felt very constricted in my role as chairman.
  我觉得做主席真拘束。
• Is it short and constricted? Or is it long, deep, and effortless?
  是又短又浅，还是又长又深，毫不费力？