shrink

[ʃriŋk]

vi.收缩, 退缩, 萎缩
vt.使收缩
n.收缩, 萎缩
n.精神科医生

vi.

1. 收缩, 缩短, 皱缩

This dress material shrinks in the wash.

这种衣料一洗要缩水。

2. 退缩, 畏怯

The boy shrank into a corner when the bully threatened to beat him.

恶棍威胁说要揍那男孩, 男孩便退缩到一个角落里。

3. 变小, 变少, 变瘦

When his influence began to shrink, his wealth also decreased.

当他的影响缩小时, 他的财富也减少了。

4. 回避, 退避[(+from)]

She shrinks from meeting strangers.

她怕见生人。

vt.

1. 使收缩, 使皱缩

Hot water shrinks wool.

热水会使羊毛皱缩。

2. 使缩小, 使变瘦

Shortage of hands has shrunk our plant's yearly output.

人手不足已使我们厂的年产量减少。

n.

1. 收缩[C][U]

2. 畏缩[C][U]

3. 【美】【俚】精神科医师[C]

词形变化

形容词: shrinkable | 名词: shrinker | 动词过去式: shrank/shrunk | 动词过去分词: shrunk/shrunken | 动词现在分词: shrinking | 动词第三人称单数: shrinks |

词义辨析

同义:

vi.变小, 皱缩; 萎缩, 缩短

shrivel  wither  dwindle  become smaller  contract  compress  condense  deflate

vi.退避; 畏缩

withdraw  recoil  retreat  flinch  cringe  pull back  

同义参见:

contract  funk  shorten  blink  wince  purse  lessen  telescope  

反义:

vi.vt.(使)收缩; (使)缩小

expand  inflate  swell  dilate  meet  approach  

反义参见:

extend  enlarge  stretch  

英英释义

名词 shrink:

a physician who specializes in psychiatry

同义词：psychiatrist, head-shrinker

动词 shrink:

wither, as with a loss of moisture

同义词：shrivel, shrivel up, wither

draw back, as with fear or pain

同义词：flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, wince, recoil, quail

reduce in size; reduce physically

同义词：reduce

become smaller or draw together

同义词：contract

decrease in size, range, or extent

同义词：shrivel

短语词组

shrink from

1. 畏缩; 逃避

He shrank from the thought of having to kill anyone.

他一想到要杀人就害怕。

补充

shrinkshrink英:[ʃriŋk] 美:[ʃrɪŋk]vt. & vi.1.收缩; 退缩The number of students of this school has shrunk.这所学校的学生人数在减少。Washing wool in hot water will shrink it.在热水中洗毛织品会使其缩水。Will this soap shrink woolen clothes?这种肥皂会使毛织品缩水吗?

例句

1. You should dry-clean curtains so that they don't shrink.窗帘要干洗, 以防缩水。 2. The world's forests are shrinking at an alarming rate.全球森林面积正在以令人担忧的速度缩小。 3. He shrank against the wall.他退缩到墙边。 4. If you wash a wool sweater at too high a temperature, you will shrink it.羊毛衫用太热的水洗会缩水。 5. Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector.匈牙利也许不得不降低对缩减国有经济部门的预期。 6. to shrink back one's arm缩回手臂 7. to shrink before a barking dog在狂吠的狗前畏缩不前 8. This kind of cloth shrinks easily.这种布爱缩水。 9. There's a cat shrinking on the sofa.有只猫蜷缩在沙发上。 10. to shrink in size规模缩小 11. Currency shrinks.货币贬值。 12. to shrink from somebody不见某人 13. to shrink from doing something不愿做某事 14. to shrink one's work减小某人的工作量 15. to shrink somebody down使某人消瘦 16. [no obj.]the workforce has shrunk to less than a thousand.劳动力减少到不足1,000人。 17. [with obj.]the summer sun had shrunk and dried the wood.夏天的阳光使木头收缩、晒干。 18. a tiny shrunken face and enormous eyes.一张起皱纹的小脸，大大的眼睛。 19. she shrank away from him, covering her face.她遮住脸回避他。 20. he shrank back against the wall.他靠着墙，往后退。 21. I don't shrink from my responsibilities.我不逃避责任。 22. you should see a shrink.你应该去看精神病医生。 23. My T-shirt shrank in the wash.我的T恤衫洗后缩水了。 24. Television has shrunk the world.电视把世界缩小了。 25. The rate of inflation has shrunk to 4%.通胀率已降至4%。 26. We shrank back against the wall when the dog appeared.我们一看到那只狗便吓得缩到墙边。 27. The sweater shrank when it was washed.这件毛衣洗后缩水。 28. Meat shrinks as it cooks.肉烹饪后会收缩。 29. The town's population shrank during the war.战争期间这个小镇的人口减少了。 30. Hot water shrank the sweater.热水使毛衣缩水了。 31. The treatment should shrink the tumor.这种治疗应该会使肿瘤变小。 32. He shrank in horror when he saw the dead cat.他看到死猫时吓得往后退。 33. "He doesn't shrink from telling the truth, no matter how painful it may be."不管有多么痛苦，他都不会回避讲明真相。 34. She won't shrink from the task.她不会逃避这项任务。 35. He is seeing a shrink.他在看精神病医生。