contractile

/kәn'træktail/

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现代语料频率: 40803

中文翻译

a. 会缩的, 有收缩性的

[医] 收缩的

英文解释

s. capable of contracting or being contracted

常见例句

A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them

A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.

one of the contractile organs of the body n

animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells n

n one of the contractile organs of the body n animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells n a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard n authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way) n possessing muscular strength v make one's way by force