shrink

单词音标

shrink音标[ʃriŋk]

汉语翻译

n. 收缩, 萎缩, 回避

vi. 收缩, 退缩, 萎缩, 缩小, 回避

vt. 使收缩, 使缩小

【机】 收缩

相关词组:

shrink on

shrink into oneself

词型变化

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

词意辨析

condense, compress, contract, shrink

这些动词均含“收缩，压缩”之意。

condense: 指将东西压缩得更紧密、紧凑，但不失去原有的内容。

compress: 指把乱而不成形的东西压成一定形状。

contract: 主要指以内、外部力量进行紧缩，也可用作引申。

shrink: 侧重指因收缩而达不到原有的长度、体积或容积。

英语解释

名词 shrink:

同义词：psychiatrist, head-shrinker

动词 shrink:

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

例句

The economy is shrinking instead of growing.

经济正在萎缩而不是在增长中。

Will this woolen sweater shrink when washed?

这件羊毛衫洗后会缩水吗？

He had a tendency to shrink up whenever attention was focused on him.

当别人注意他时，他就会退缩一旁。