[shōu suō]
(由大变小; 由长变短) contract; shrink
contract a muscle
使肌肉收缩
Low temperature contracts metals.
低温使金属收缩。
Will this soap shrink woolen clothes?
这肥皂会使毛织品收缩吗?
(紧缩) concentrate one's forces; draw back
The enemy drew back into a few fortified points.
敌人收缩到几个据点里。
take-up; [数] striction; [英] cissing; crawling; [德] zuckung; contraction; piping; [工] shrinkage; [动, 医, 植] systole; earnings; takings