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con·stric·tor
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词根:constrict
adj.constrictive 紧缩的;束紧的;压缩性的
n.constriction 收缩;压缩;紧窄感;压缩物
vt.constrict 压缩;束紧
noun
any of various snakes that coil around and crush their prey.
a muscle that constricts a cavity of the body or compresses an organ.
something that constricts.
boa constrictor蟒蛇;王蛇
"约束之物",1735年,最初指"将部分拉拢的肌肉",拉丁语形式的动作名词来自 constrict。指"将猎物缠绕并压碎的大蛇"的意思始于1790年。
[拉]缩窄器
缩肌:见Tableof Musculi
The first known use of constrictor was in 1735
constructverb
to make or form by combining or arranging parts : build
to draw (a geometrical figure) with suitable instruments and under given conditions
constructverb
to make or form by combining or arranging parts : build
to draw (a geometrical figure) with suitable instruments and under given conditions
construeverb
to explain the grammatical relationships of the words in a sentence, clause, or phrase
to understand or explain the sense or intention of : interpret
constrictornoun
a snake that kills its prey by coiling around and crushing it
constrictornoun
a muscle that contracts a cavity or orifice or compresses an organ see inferior constrictor, middle constrictor, superior constrictor
1 These constrictor snakes are found in Southern California's deserts, shrublands, national parks, and northwest Mexico.
2 Instead, it encircled and strangled native species like a boa constrictor.
3 With its rib constrictor and a removable bladder (filled with water), the vest simulates the physical discomfort of pregnancy.
4 “Dominant teams,” Cronin said, “they can really snuff you out like a boa constrictor and then you just go get a layup, which we were able to do tonight.”
5 He remembered hearing a story about a boa constrictor that had crawled through the plumbing and popped out of a bathtub drain in a New York City apartment.
6 “It’s essentially like a boa constrictor. Beetlejuice has taken control of the house. He’s thinking about squeezing the life out of it.”
7 There are also photographs of her cradling a boa constrictor at the L.A.
8 With the guide’s handheld spotlight, we could spot a boa constrictor lazing in the trees while a sloth nestled on a neighboring perch and a baby caiman stared curiously at the intrusion.
9 Then there's little Bob Junior, Terri and Steve's son, whose first bite by a boa constrictor was celebrated by Mummy calling a press conference.
10 Martí also wrote dazzling accounts of New York, his adopted hometown, likening the cables of the brand-new Brooklyn Bridge to sated “colossal boa constrictors” resting atop towers.
11 It was a mild anesthetic, a stimulant, and a vascular constrictor, which is why I hadn’t bled like a stuck pig when they’d whipped me.
12 There he befriended any number and species of animals: dogs, white mice, eagles, lions, boa constrictors, wolves.
13 Fontaine’s assured debut recounts her training as a carnival performer, eating fire and handling boa constrictors, even as it traces her difficult relationship with her mother — sometimes its own sideshow act.
14 Amid the boa constrictor of shame that has engulfed and engorged his British tabloid the , let's recognise the most wonderful – and totally incongruous – pearl of his global media empire: The Simpsons.
15 In it, an estranged father appears unexpectedly and menacingly introduces his grown children to a pet boa constrictor and a glass tank teeming with rats.
16 But it was not a hat, it was a boa constrictor.
但那不是帽子,那是一个大蟒蛇。
17 “The funny thing about the boa constrictors is that they have a mind of their own onstage,” he said.
18 He also wrote and illustrated the classic children’s book, “Crictor,” about a boa constrictor who manages to become a local hero.
19 I do not want an elephant inside a boa constrictor.
我不要蟒蛇,它肚子里还有一头象。
20 Harry sat up and gasped; the glass front of the boa constrictor’s tank had vanished.
1 括约肌
2 蟒
3 压缩物
4 收缩肌
5 压缩器
7 大蛇