Constriction

(noun.) the action or process of compressing.

(noun.) a tight feeling in some part of the body; 'he felt a constriction in her chest'; 'she felt an alarming tightness in her chest'; 'emotion caused a constriction of his throat'.

(noun.) tight or narrow compression.

(noun.) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel.

杰弗里校对

• Compress t he large vein entering the heart, and the part intervening between the point of constriction and the heart becomes empty and the organ pales and shrinks. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Her body ached with fatigue, and with the constriction of her attitude in Gerty's bed. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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