contract

詳細解釋：

con.tract

n.Abbr. contr.,cont.（名詞）縮寫 contr.,cont.

An agreement between two or more parties, especially one that is written and enforceable by law.
契約，契約：兩個或兩個以上當事人之間達成的一種協定，尤指具有法律效力的書面協定
The writing or document containing such an agreement.
契約文本：包含這樣一種協定的書面材料或檔案
The branch of law dealing with formal agreements between parties.
契約法：規範當事人各方之間正式協定法律的一個分支
Marriage as a formal agreement; betrothal.
婚約：作為正式協定的婚姻；訂婚
Games
【遊戲】
The last and highest bid of one hand in bridge.
叫牌：一盤橋牌中最後也是最高的競叫
The number of tricks thus bid.
定約墩數：這樣競叫時約定的墩方數目
Contract bridge.
定約橋牌
A paid assignment to murder someone:
約定：一種為謀殺他人而制定的有償協定：
例句：
put out a contract on the mobster`s life.
為謀殺此盜匪而定約

v.（動詞）
con.tract.ed,con.tract.ing,con.tracts[k…n-tr2kt., kôn.tr2kt.]
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To enter into by contract; establish or settle by formal agreement:
定約：通過契約契約開始從事；通過正式協定制定或確定：
例句：
contract a marriage.
訂婚

To acquire or incur:
取得或招致：
例句：
contract obligations; contract a serious illness.
蒙受恩情；染上重病

To reduce in size by drawing together; shrink.
通過收緊使…尺寸縮小；收縮
To pull together; wrinkle.
使擠在一起；皺縮
Grammar To shorten (a word or words) by omitting or combining some of the letters or sounds.
【語法】 略語：通過省略或結合某些字母或音素使（一個或幾個單詞）縮短
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To enter into or make an agreement:
開始受協定約束或制訂協定：
例句：
contract for garbage collection.
同意垃圾收集

To become reduced in size by or as if by being drawn together:
通過被收緊或者似乎通過收緊而縮小尺寸：
例句：
The pupils of the patient`s eyes contracted.
病人眼睛的瞳孔縮小了

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
from Latin contr3ctus [past participle of] contrahere [to draw together, make a contract]
源自 拉丁語 contr3ctus [] contrahere的過去分詞 [將…拉在一起，訂契約]
com- [com-]
com- [前綴，表.同.]
trahere [to draw]
trahere [拉]

【引伸】
contract.ibil.ity 或
contract.ibleness
n.（名詞）
contract.ible
adj.（形容詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>contract,condense,compress,constrict,shrinkThese verbs mean to decrease in size or content.Tocontract is to draw together, especially by an internal force, with a resultant reduction in size, extent, or volume:
這些動詞表示縮小尺寸或減少容量。Contract 指拉在一起或收緊，尤指被一種內在力量收緊從而引起尺寸、範圍或體積上的緩慢減小：
例句：
The bodybuilders contracted their biceps in unison.
健美運動員們一起收縮肱二頭肌。

例句：
The pupil of the eye dilates and contracts in response to light.
作為對光線作出的反應，眼睛的瞳孔會放大或縮小。

Condense refers to a reduction in volume and an increase in compactness:
Condense 指在體積縮小的同時密度上的增大：
例句：
.To produce snow requires both heat and cold;the first to evaporate, the second to condense. (John Lubbock).
.雪的形成需要熱和冷兩個條件；前者起蒸發作用，後者起凝結作用. （約翰·拉伯克）。

例句：
The chairman condensed all the suggestions put forward into a single plan of action.
主席把所有提出的建議匯集成一個行動計畫。

Compress applies to increased compactness brought about by pressing or squeezing;the term implies reduction in volume and change of form or shape:
Compress 適用於通過壓或擠所導致的密度增大；這個詞含有體積減小及形式或形狀上發生變化的意思：
例句：
compress dough into a circle with a rolling pin;
用擀麵杖把生面擀成圓片；

例句：
sat on the lid of the suitcase to compress the clothes;
坐在箱蓋上把衣服壓緊；

例句：
trying to compress my thoughts into a few words. Toconstrict is to make smaller or narrower, usually by binding or compression:
儘量把我的想法壓縮成幾句話。 Consitrict 指通常通過捆綁或壓緊而變得更小或更窄：

例句：
An accumulation of silt constricted the entrance to the harbor.
淤泥的沉積使港灣入口變窄；

例句：
Tight shoes constrict the feet.
鞋子太緊會擠腳。

Shrink refers to contraction that produces reduction in length, size, volume, or extent:
Shrink 指引起長度、尺寸、體積或範圍減小的收縮：
例句：
Wool jersey should be shrunk before being cut and stitched.
羊毛平針織物在裁剪和縫紉前應先縮水。

例句：
Many once prosperous northern mill towns have shrunk as industry has moved to the South.
因為工業遷移到了南方，許多一度繁榮的北方磨坊小鎮都減小了規模。

例句：
His capital shrank as his business foundered. See also Synonyms at bargain
他生意失敗時本錢也折了 參見同義詞 bargain