constrictor

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kənˈstɹɪk.tə/    美 /kənˈstɹɪk.tɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which constricts or tightens:; A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
  2. That which constricts or tightens:; A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.; Ellipsis of pharyngeal constrictor (“each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  3. That which constricts or tightens:; Ellipsis of boa constrictor, either the species Boa constrictor or a similar snake that kills by constriction. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis

词形变化

constrictors plural constrictores plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bronchoconstrictor constrictor knot vasoconstrictor

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
New Latin cōn-
Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *streyg-der.
New Latin stringō
New Latin cōnstringō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
New Latin -tor
New Latin cōnstrictorbor.
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Latin cōnstringō
Latin cōnstrictusbor.
English constrict
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Latin -tor
Latin -ātor
Old French -eorbor.
Middle English -our
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Latin -torlbor.
English -or
English constrictor
Borrowed from New Latin cōnstrictor, or from constrict + -or.
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