The act of contracting or the state of being contracted.
收缩收缩的行为或被缩小（短）的状态
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.
公司当时陷入了困境，因为他们要完成合同只剩下24小时，而当时他们要干的活至少需要60小时。
Something, especially a muscle, that contracts.
收缩物收缩的事物，尤指肌肉
