英 [ʃrɪŋk] 美 [ʃrɪŋk]
v. （使）缩小，减少；（通常指布料、衣服等洗后）缩水，皱缩；退缩，畏缩；畏避，回避（工作、责任等）
n. <非正式> 精神病学家，心理学家；收缩；畏缩
复数shrinks
第三人称单数shrinks
现在分词shrinking
过去式shrank或shrunk
过去分词shrunk或shrunken
shrink /ʃrɪŋk/ CET4 TEM4 [ shrinking shrank shrunk shrinks ]
不及物动词 If cloth or clothing shrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed. 缩水
People were short in those days – or else those military uniforms all shrank in the wash!
那个年代人们很矮–要么就是那些军装在洗涤时全都缩水了！
及物动词/不及物动词 If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it becomes smaller. 使缩小; 缩小
The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk.
西非那片广袤的森林已经缩小了。
不及物动词 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、震惊或厌恶) 避开
One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him.
我试着和这个孩子说话时，他避开了我。
不及物动词 If you do not shrink from a task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous. 逃避 (不愉快或危险的事)
He is decisive and won't shrink from a fight.
他很果断，而且不会逃避战斗。
可数名词 A shrink is a psychiatrist. 精神病医生
I've seen a shrink already.
我已经看过了精神病医生。
no shrinking violet→seeviolet
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
同义词： psychiatrist / head-shrinker
收缩-引用次数：32
The volume of swelling rock can expand when it absorbs water and shrink when it loses water. Thus, it can exert destructive pressure to buildings with long potential dangers.
膨胀岩土吸水膨胀、失水收缩并且具有反复变形的性质，对其中构筑物所构成的危害具有长期的潜伏性。
缩套-引用次数：3
萎缩-引用次数：1
The lakes which shrink greater always located in the high elevation area, where is near the area water shed. However, the lakes which shrink less always located in the low elevation area, where is the drainage area.3.
湖泊萎缩量大小的空间分布特征与高程相关,萎缩量大的湖泊大多分布在高程较大的区域,即区域分水岭附近;萎缩量小的湖泊分布在高程值较小,地势低洼地区,为区域的排泄地带。
缩小
... vet兽医 shrink心理医生 symptom症状 ...
... shriek/ v. 尖叫，叫喊 n. 尖叫，叫喊 shrink/ v. 起皱，收缩，缩小；退缩，畏缩 shrug/n. 百叶窗；（照相机）的快门 ...
Shrink（收缩）：通过取消选择最外部的子对象缩小子对象的选择区域。如果不再减少选择大小，则可以取消选择其余的子对象。
退缩(shrinking), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
收缩；畏缩
使缩小，使收缩
收缩
I've seen a shrink already.
我已经看过了精神病医生。
All wood tends to shrink.
所有的木头都会收缩。
If you give up exercise, your muscles shrink and fat increases. By the same token, if you expend more energy you will lose fat.
如果你放弃锻炼，肌肉就会萎缩，脂肪会增多。同样地，如果你消耗较多的体能，你就会减掉脂肪。
A new report by the I.M.F.estimates that the world economy will shrink by one and three-tenths percent this year.
VOA : special.2009.04.24
For a shirt verminously busy Yon soldier tore from his throat, with oaths Godhead might shrink at, but not the lice.
衬衫上满是虫,士兵用诅咒撕开他的喉咙,上帝可能会退缩而不是虱子。
现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
I want to conclude with problems, which may sound kind of negative but this is--I don't shrink from negativism.
我想以保险业的缺陷作为本课总结,它可能听起来有点否定意味,但这是,我并不讨厌否定
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
But the Center on Philanthropy also says research shows that giving does not shrink as much as the economy in a recession.
VOA : special.2009.11.02
This is necessary so that the walls of a building will not shrink or break.
VOA : special.2009.01.12
In our lifetimes, it is likely to shrink to the size it was in the Roman era.
And overall, spending in the areas covered by this executive order will shrink by 20 percent.
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