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