shrink形容词

1. 畏缩，退缩
2. 收缩，皱缩，缩水，减缩，萎缩
3. 精神科医师
4. 精简人员，缩编
5. 精神病学家，心理学家，精神病医生

1. 使收缩，使缩小，使皱缩，使缩短
2. 缩短，缩水，缩小，缩进，收缩，萎缩
3. 畏怯，害怕，退缩，畏缩
4. 变瘦
5. 回避，退避
6. 使变瘦
7. 弄皱
8. 减小，减少
9. 拉回
10. 变小，变少
11. 皱缩
12. 缩手缩脚，踌躇不前

1. vi. & vt. 收缩 become less, smaller
2. vi. 退缩 move back; show unwillingness to do sth

1.(通常指布料、衣服等洗后)缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩
If cloth or clothingshrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed.

shrink的意思

e.g. All my jumpers have shrunk.
我所有的套头毛衣都缩水了。

2.(使)缩小;(使)收缩;(使)减少
If somethingshrinks or something elseshrinks it, it becomes smaller.

shrink的反义词

e.g. The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk...
西非的大片森林面积已缩小了。
e.g. Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector.
匈牙利可能不得不降低其缩小国家军事管制区的期望。

3.(因害怕、震惊或厌恶)退缩，畏缩，避开
If youshrink away from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them.

e.g. One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him...
当我试图和一个孩子说话时，他避开了我。
e.g. Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall...
西格弗里德畏缩了，退避到墙根。

4.畏避，回避(工作、责任等)
If you do notshrink from a task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous.

shrink的反义词

e.g. We must notshrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible...
我们要想保持诚信可靠，就绝不能避忌武力的合法使用。
e.g. They didn'tshrink from danger.
他们在危险面前没有退缩。

5.精神病学家;心理学家
Ashrink is a psychiatrist.

e.g. I've seen ashrink already.
我已经看过心理专家了。

6. no shrinking violet -> see violet

1. It shrunk.
   它变小了。
2. Washing wool in hot water will make it shrink.
   在热水中洗羊毛会使羊毛收缩。
3. The jeans will shrink in the wash.
   那些牛仔裤洗过以后会缩水。
4. How your gums have shrunk since your teeth were extracted.
   你的牙拔去之后,齿龈萎缩了不少。
5. The number of students of this school has shrunk.
   这所学校的学生人数在减少。

1. Washing wool in hot water will shrink it.
   在热水中洗毛线会使羊毛收缩。
2. Will this soap shrink woolen clothes?
   这种肥皂水会使毛织品缩水吗?

1. It is so shrunk that it no longer fits me.
   缩水缩得穿不下了。
2. He is a short, shrunken old man.
   他是一个矮小干瘪的老头。

• 'Vat seems to be the problem?' the shrink was saying.

  出自：A. F. Loewenstein

• Our western gable, where the boards had shrunk and separated.

  出自：R. L. Stevenson

• Her cotton frock..had shrunk in the wash.

  出自：E. Bowen

• The shadows of these trees had shrunk..contracting close about the trunks.

  出自：F. Norris

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的scrincan；最初源自原始日耳曼语的skrenkanan，意为憔悴，枯萎。