shrink
[ʃrɪŋk] verb (shrank, shrunk)
BECOME SMALLER 变小
IMPROVER intransitive or transitive
■to become smaller, or to make something smaller （使）缩小，（使）变小•Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature.用温度过高的水洗毛衣，毛衣会缩水。 •The company's profits have shrunk from £5.5 million to £1.25 million.公司利润从550万英镑减少到了125万英镑。 •The productivity improvements have shrunk our costs by 25%.生产率的提高使我们的成本下降了25%。 ⇒ See also shrunken
[ʃrɪŋk] verb (shrank, shrunk)
BE FRIGHTENED 受惊吓
intransitive usually + adverb or preposition literary
■to move away from someone or something because you are frightened 畏缩，退缩•The child shrank behind the sofa as his father shouted at him.孩子在父亲对着他吼叫时退缩到了沙发后面。 •When she was younger she would shrink (away) from me whenever I spoke to her.她年纪更小一些的时候，我一和她说话她就会退缩。
[ʃrɪŋk] verb (shrank, shrunk)
Phrasal Verbs shrink from sth
■to avoid doing something that is unpleasant or difficult 逃避，躲避（令人不快或困难的事）•We must not shrink from our responsibilities.我们一定不能逃避责任。 •[+ -ing verb] We will not shrink from using force.我们不会放弃使用武力。
[ʃrɪŋk] noun countable informal
■a psychiatrist or psychoanalyst •I was so depressed that I ended up going to see a shrink.我太郁闷了，最后不得不去找心理医生看看。 |