缩
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Definitions
- 1. to withdraw
- 2. to pull back
- 3. to contract
- 4. to shrink
- 5. to reduce
- 6. also pr. [sù]
Words Containing 缩
to lengthen and shorten
to compress; compression
to pull back
to concentrate (a liquid)
to cower
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
(economics) to reduce
to reduce
miniature version of sth
to shrink (in the wash)
to curtail
to wither
to shrink back
trombone
flexibility
low-enriched uranium
to condense
to simplify and condense (a text)
compressible
compressor
compactor
compression ratio
contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)
compact
microfilm
systolic blood pressure
espresso
to cower
systolic blood pressure
data compression
(computing) lossy compression
espresso
a device for concentrating (a liquid)
enriched uranium
heat shrink tubing (aka heatshrink) (shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires)
timid and trembling (in fear)
cowering
to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
to wrinkle
short form
see 節衣縮食|节衣缩食[jié yī suō shí]
to reprint (a book etc) in a smaller format
compact edition (of a dictionary etc)
polypeptide, a chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein
to abridge
miniature
microfiche
to shrink into
to huddle together
bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
(typesetting) to indent
scaling
time-lapse photography
(typesetting) to indent
peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
to cut
to contract
thumbnail (computing)
acronym
contraction (in grammar)
to tighten
breast reduction
to economize on clothes and food
to reduce the balance sheet
acronym
to retreat into; to draw back into
to make the vagina tighter
a turtle that pulls its head in
muscular dystrophy
to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
to curl up
to decompress
deflation
uranium enrichment
acronym
highly enriched uranium (HEU)
to withdraw