名詞 contracting:

1. becoming infected
   同義詞：catching

動詞 contract:

1. enter into a contractual arrangement
   同義詞：contract, undertake
2. engage by written agreement
   同義詞：sign, contract, sign on, sign up
3. squeeze or press together
   同義詞：compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
4. become smaller or draw together
   同義詞：shrink, contract
5. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
   同義詞：contract, take, get
6. make smaller
   同義詞：contract
7. compress or concentrate
   同義詞：condense, concentrate, contract
8. make or become more narrow or restricted
   同義詞：narrow, contract
9. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
   同義詞：abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce

1. The act of contracting or the state of being contracted.
   收縮收縮的行為或被縮小(短)的狀態(tài)
2. The Company was in a strait for they had only twenty-four hours more in which to complete their contract and they had at least sixty hours' work to do.
   公司當時陷入了困境，因為他們要完成合同只剩下24小時，而當時他們要干的活至少需要60小時。
3. Something, especially a muscle, that contracts.
   收縮物收縮的事物，尤指肌肉