英 [ʃrɪŋkɪŋ] 美 [ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ]
v. 缩水，收缩；变小，缩小；萎缩；退缩；回避，离开（shrink 的现在分词）
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
process or result of becoming less or smaller
同义词： shrinkage
the act of becoming less
萎缩-引用次数：101
At present, traditional voice service market is shrinking continuously and APRU of telecommunication carrier decreases.
当前,电信运营商面临着竞争不断加剧、传统话音业务市场萎缩、APRU值逐步下降的市场形势。
收缩-引用次数：28
Most areas of Saudi Arabia belong to tropic desert climate,it is scorching and dry in summer and the temperature may exceed 50℃. The concrete just-poured is prone to produce shrinking cracks because of the high temperature and rapid water vaporizing.
沙特阿拉伯王国大部分地区属热带沙漠气候,夏季炎热干燥,最高气温可达50℃以上,现浇混凝土因气温高、水分蒸发快易产生收缩裂缝。
减容-引用次数：1
收缩-引用次数：5
参考来源西方现代政治价值体系建构问题研究
缩小
收缩(Shrinking)是LZW的微小调整的一个异体，同样也受到LZW专利问题的影响。
... 预先缩水 preshrinking 衣服缩水 Shrinking 缩水站 pumping station ...
... shrink-forming冷缩成形 shrinking皱缩 shrinkingandthinning收缩和细化 ...
... 剥离时间Peeling time 收缩点Shrinking 软化点Softening ...
畏缩的；犹豫不决的
Sony has also led the way in shrinking the size of compact-disc players.
索尼公司在缩小CD播放机尺寸方面也处于领先地位。
Forests are fast shrinking in many developing countries.
许多发展中国家的森林正在迅速萎缩。
They have stagnant or shrinking markets for goods and services.
它们的商品和服务市场停滞不前或不断萎缩。
Major industrialized economies are expected to see the biggest decreases, shrinking by almost four percent.
VOA : special.2009.04.24
Some people can fight the brain off in this case, and control their food intake, maintain a healthy diet, and maintain a normal weight, but the number of such people in the population is shrinking by the day.
有些人可以抵制大脑的控制,控制食物的摄入量,维持健康饮食 保持正常体重,而今,这类人的数量日益减少
关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Now these parts of the world are shrinking in the number; but let's say you lived in Ethiopia or Somalia, or places where food really is scarce way too much of the time, then having this particular biological drive, having a brain that wants you to seek out these foods would be highly adaptive.
现在这些地区的数量正在减少,但如果你生活在埃塞俄比亚或是索马里,或是当前食品十分短缺的地区,那么拥有这种生物驱动力,拥有不断驱使你去寻找食物的大脑,会让你有极强的适应能力
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Industry profits are shrinking, and many newspaper companies have large debts from buying other papers.
VOA : special.2009.04.20
This method of shrinking plants would become a major part of the Green Revolution.
VOA : special.2009.11.10
Glaciers in most parts of the world are shrinking and the Aletsch is no exception.
The UK's rebate is shrinking from its current annual level of about 3.5bn euros.
"Where there was no spraying cultivation was up, where spraying is occurring, cultivation is shrinking, " Mr Walters said.