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

• At the same time, the new university greatly expanded in size and course offerings, breaking completely out of the old, constricted curriculum of mathematics, classics, rhetoric, and music.
  同时，新式大学学校规模和课程设置完全突破了过去那种只有数学、经典著作、美学和音乐的狭窄课程表。
• I felt very constricted in my role as chairman.
  我觉得做主席真拘束。
• 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。
• The duplicates are attached to each other at a constricted region called the centromere.
  对偶体彼此相连于称为着丝粒的缩小的区域。
• The most condensed and constricted region of a chromosome to which the spindle fiber is attached during mitosis.
  着丝点，着丝粒：一个染色体上最密集、压缩的区域，有丝分裂时梭形纤维附着于此。
• 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。
• The hobbled skirt obliged you to take smaller steps all my movements became constricted.
  穿着窄窄的裙子，你只能将步子迈小一点我的动作幅度都变小了。
• Winston's diaphragm was constricted.
  温斯顿的心不由得一紧。
• 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。
• 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。