| 释义 |
- v.收缩；减少；退缩；畏缩
- n.精神病学家；心理学家
- 网络缩水；缩小；起皱
第三人称单数：shrinks 现在分词：shrinking 过去式：shrank 过去分词：shrunk v. grow,rise,stand your ground v. contract,shrivel,fall,drop,cower n. psychiatrist,psychoanalyst,therapist,counselor,counsellor 1. | [i][t] ~ (sth) （使）缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way |
| My sweater shrank in the wash. 我的毛衣缩水了。 |
2. | [i][t] （使）缩小，收缩，减少to become or to make sth smaller in size or amount |
| The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea. 肿瘤已缩小到豌豆大小。 | | The market for their products is shrinking. 市场对他们产品的需求在减少。 | | There was a movie called ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’. 有部电影名叫《亲爱的，我把孩子缩小了》。 | | Television in a sense has shrunk the world. 从某种意义上说，电视把世界缩小了。 |
3. | [i] + adv./prep. 退缩；畏缩to move back or away from sth because you are frightened or shocked |
| He shrank back against the wall as he heard them approaching. 听见他们朝这边来，他退到墙根。 |
IDM a shrinking violet （指羞怯的人）a way of describing a very shy person 1. | 精神病学家；心理学家a psychiatrist or psychologist |
v. | 1. to become smaller, or cause something to become smaller, e.g. when exposed to cold, heat, or damp 2. to decrease in amount, extent, value, or weight, or cause something to decrease in this way 3. to move back and away, especially out of disgust, fear, or horror 4. to be unwilling or reluctant to do something, especially something difficult or unpleasant 5. to become smaller in size 6. to become smaller in amount, value, or range 7. make less,smaller(esp of cloth through wetting) 1. to become smaller, or cause something to become smaller, e.g. when exposed to cold, heat, or damp 2. to decrease in amount, extent, value, or weight, or cause something to decrease in this way 3. to move back and away, especially out of disgust, fear, or horror 4. to be unwilling or reluctant to do something, especially something difficult or unpleasant 5. to become smaller in size 6. to become smaller in amount, value, or range 7. make less,smaller(esp of cloth through wetting) | n. | 1. an act of shrinking away from something 2. the amount by which something shrinks 3. a psychiatristSome people think that this word does not show respect. |
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