Chinese | English |
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縮 verb | shrink [shrank, shrunk(en), shrinking, shrinks](intransitive: to contract, to become smaller) |
縮合 noun | condensation [condensations](chemistry, the reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water) |
縮寫 noun | abbreviation [abbreviations](shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase) acronym [acronyms](word formed by initial letters) |
縮小 verb | dwindle [dwindled, dwindling, dwindles]((intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish) zoom out(focus a zoom lens) |
縮影 noun | epitome [epitomes](embodiment or encapsulation of) microcosm [microcosms](smaller system as representative of a larger one) |
縮手縮腳 adjective | overcautious(excessively cautious) |
縮時攝影 adjective | time-lapse(photographic technique) |
縮水 verb | shrink [shrank, shrunk(en), shrinking, shrinks](intransitive: to contract, to become smaller) |
縮混 noun | mixdown(process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined) |
縮略圖 noun | thumbnail [thumbnails](chiefly computing: small picture) |
縮略詞 noun | acronym [acronyms](word formed by initial letters) |
縮短 verb | shorten [shortened, shortening, shortens](to become shorter) |
上咽縮肌 noun | superior pharyngeal constrictor(muscle) |
下咽縮肌 noun | inferior pharyngeal constrictor(muscle) |
中咽縮肌 noun | middle pharyngeal constrictor(muscle) |
咽縮肌 noun | pharyngeal constrictor(muscle) |
坍縮星 noun | collapsar(black hole) |
壓縮 verb | compress [compressed, compressing, compresses](to press together into a smaller space) |
壓縮天然氣 noun | CNG((petrochemistry) compressed natural gas) |
壓縮空氣 noun | compressed air(air increased in pressure) |
壓縮餅乾 /yāsuō bǐnggān/ noun | hardtack(hard biscuit) |
抖縮 verb | cower [cowered, cowering, cowers](to crouch in fear) |
收縮 verb | contract [contracted, contracting, contracts](intransitive: draw together; shorten; lessen) shrink [shrank, shrunk(en), shrinking, shrinks](intransitive: to contract, to become smaller) |
收縮 noun | contraction [contractions](reversible reduction in size) |
收縮壓 noun | systolic blood pressure(highest pressure within bloodstream) |
濃縮 verb | concentrate [concentrated, concentrating, concentrates](increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) enrich [enriched, enriching, enriches](to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) |
濃縮咖啡 noun | espresso [espressos](strong type of coffee) |
濃縮奶油 noun | clotted cream(thick cream) |
濃縮鈾 noun | enriched uranium(uranium enriched with a higher amount of U-235) |
爆縮 noun | implosion [implosions](action of imploding) |
畏縮 verb | recoil [recoiled, recoiling, recoils](to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment) |
肌肉萎縮症 noun | muscular dystrophy [muscular dystrophies]noun |
肌萎縮側索硬化症 noun | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(disease) |
肌萎縮性脊髓側索硬化症 noun | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(disease) |
臨陣退縮 /línzhèntuìsuō/ verb | get cold feet(to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)) |