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v.contract; shrink; reduce
这种布遇水要收缩。
This kind of cloth shrinks when it's washed.
受热膨胀,遇冷收缩。
Expand when heated, contract when cold.
肥皂会使毛织品收缩吗?
Will this soap shrink woolen clothes?
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v.draw back; cut back; concentrate one's forces; tighten up
资金短缺导致全面收缩战线。
The shortage of funds led to a general contraction of the front.
接下来的几年,我们要收缩开支。
Over the next few years, we're going to cut expenditures.
敌人收缩到几个据点里。
The enemy drew back into a few fortified points.
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v.systole; cissing; contraction; crawling
金属冷却时收缩
the contraction of metal as it cools