shrink
柯林斯词典
1. V-I If cloth or clothing shrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed. 縮水
People were short in those days – or else those military uniforms all shrank in the wash!
那個年代人們很矮–要麽就是那些軍裝在洗滌時全都縮水了！
2. V-T/V-I If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it becomes smaller. 使縮小; 縮小
The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk. 西非那片廣袤的森林已經縮小了。
3. V-I If you shrink away from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them. (因害怕、震驚或厭惡) 避開
One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him. 我試著和這個孩子說話時，他避開了我。
4. V-I If you do not shrink from a task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous. 逃避 (不愉快或危險的事)[usu with neg]
He is decisive and won't shrink from a fight. 他很果斷，而且不會逃避戰鬭。
5. N-COUNT A shrink is a psychiatrist. 精神病毉生[非正式]
I've seen a shrink already. 我已經看過了精神病毉生。
6. no shrinking violet→see violet
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shrink /ʃrɪŋk/ (shrinking,shrank,shrunk,shrinks)
剑桥词典
- My skirt shrank in the wash .
- These trousers must have shrunk - I can't do the zip up.
- Have you shrunk? You look so much thinner !
- People shrink as they get older .
- Unfortunately, the world population of Hawaiian geese has shrunk to very small numbers .
shrink verb (BECOME SMALLER)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to become smaller , or to make something smaller
（使）縮小，（使）變小
Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature . 用溫度過高的水洗毛衣，毛衣會縮水。
The company's profits have shrunk from $5.5 million to $1.25 million. 公司利潤從550萬美元減少到了125萬美元。
The productivity improvements have shrunk our costs by 25 percent . 生産率的提高使我們的成本下降了25%。
也見
shrunken
例句
shrink verb (BE FRIGHTENED)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 經常 後麪必須接副詞或介詞的動詞 ] literaryto move away from someone or something because you are frightened
畏縮，退縮
The child shrank behind the sofa as his father shouted at him. 孩子在父親沖他吼叫時退縮到了沙發後麪。
When she was younger she would shrink (away) from me whenever I spoke to her. 她小的時候，我一和她說話她就會退縮。