shrink
美 [ʃrɪŋk] 
英 [ʃrɪŋk]
- v.收缩；减少；退缩；畏缩
- n.精神病学家；心理学家
- 网络缩水；缩小；起皱
词形变化
过去式：shrank 过去式：shrunk 过去分词：shrunken 第三人称单数：shrinks 现在分词：shrinking 反义词
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英汉双解
1. | [i][t] ~ (sth) （使）缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way |
| My sweater shrank in the wash. 我的毛衣缩水了。 |
2. | [i][t] （使）缩小，收缩，减少to become or to make sth smaller in size or amount |
| The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea. 肿瘤已缩小到豌豆大小。 |
| The market for their products is shrinking. 市场对他们产品的需求在减少。 |
| There was a movie called ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’. 有部电影名叫《亲爱的，我把孩子缩小了》。 |
| Television in a sense has shrunk the world. 从某种意义上说，电视把世界缩小了。 |
3. | [i] + adv./prep. 退缩；畏缩to move back or away from sth because you are frightened or shocked |
| He shrank back against the wall as he heard them approaching. 听见他们朝这边来，他退到墙根。 |
1. | 精神病学家；心理学家a psychiatrist or psychologist |
习惯用语
a shrinking violet
（指羞怯的人）a way of describing a very shy person
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例句
Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way.
他兴奋地进行着准备工作，为这个计划装备了一支看起来很强大的军队，他们装备了收缩射线，冰冻射线，以及陆战、空战设备。
I wonder if it can shrink to a teeny, tiny speck and may be a huge monster trying to put it on.
我禁不住纳闷，它是否能缩小到可以忽略不计而只有魔鬼才能穿进去的地步。
Wild optimism about economic growth is at the heart of the Obama administration's plans to shrink the federal budget deficit.
奥巴马政权缩减财赤计划的核心之所在是对经济增长的胡乱乐观。
She turned to leave and I noticed the shrink of her shoulders.
她转身离开了，我看见她畏缩的双肩。
And for the leaders in Bejing to shrink and wince and draw back in the presence of these individuals and their ideas sends a clear message.
北京的领导人对他们的催促显的畏畏缩缩，并不让这些人抛头露面，政府的以对理念给外界发出了一个清晰的信号。
Our minds, like muscles, stretch or shrink, depending on how much or how little we exercise them.
我们的思想就如肌肉，是伸展还是收缩，要视乎我们是否经常训练它。
Michigan, with its long-suffering car industry, was the only state to see its population shrink over the decade, albeit by less than 1%.
密歇根州的汽车工业长期不振，也是过去10年中唯一一个人口下降的州，尽管减少的比例不到1%。
Unless some new laws of physics intervene, the matter will shrink down to a singular point.
除非有某些新的物理定律起作用，否则物质将一直收缩到奇点。
Lots of things, are easy to be done, do not shrink, just to get more confidences.
其实很多事情，都很容易办的，不要畏缩，给自己点自信就行。
As he was about to leave after the second visit, I put my hand his shoulder. He didn't shrink back, but he didn't look at me either.
他第二次来后，在他将要离开的时候，我将手放在他的肩上，他没有退缩着躲开，也没有看我一眼。
Problems grow in the dark and become bigger and bigger, but when exposed to the light of truth, they shrink.
难题在暗处会变大，但在真理的光照下，它便缩小。
At present, the use of shrink film packaging and shrink-label to expand the market, open market is no longer just a small company's patent.
目前，使用收缩膜包装和收缩标签，以扩大市场，开放市场，不再只是一个小公司的专利。
And a unionised workforce will have to shrink without employees being offered big financial inducements to leave.
随着雇员被巨大的诱惑吸引主动离职，公会的力量也将被削弱。
She felt that she must lean toward him, and resisted by an effort. Then, too, there was the counter impulse to shrink away from him.
她感到必须向他靠近，却也遭到抵抗，有一种反冲动逼使她退缩开去。
But like a melting ice cube, the bank's franchise value would rapidly shrink as depositors, counterparties and staff all left.
但如同冰块融化般，银行的特许价值会随着储户、订约方和工作人员的离去急速收缩。
"You want me to see a shrink? " My voice was a shade sharper as I realized what he was getting at.
“你让我去看心理医生？”当我弄明白他的意图之后，我说话的音调变得尖利。
So compress, repack, and shrink might be able to reduce the total number of extents for a partition, just like the defragmenter.
因此，压缩、重新打包、和收缩可能会像碎片整理程序一样，能够减少分区总的区段数量。
In order to determine how much to grow (or shrink) the child and the margins, use the Glue1D. place method.
为了确定child与边距要增长（或缩小）多少，使用Glue1D.place方法。
Seen through the surrounding skyline of generic glass-and-steel towers, it sometimes seems to shrink to the size of a child's toy.
从普通的周围的角度看是一个玻璃和钢铁的塔，它有时看上去又是一个缩小了的小孩的玩具。
However, when you come face to face with him, the goalmouth seems to shrink to a tiny size.
但是当你面对他这样一位伟大的门将时，连球门似乎都小了许多。
As water continues to diffuse from the cytoplasm into the sea water, the cells gradually shrink. This condition is known as plasmolysis.
随着水不断地从细胞质扩散到海水中去，细胞逐渐皱缩，这种情况称为质壁分离。
China's labor force will begin to shrink in the next year or two, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
中国劳动力在未来的一两年时间开始出现萎缩，华尔街日报星期一报道。
If they cannot be, then trying to pay will only shrink economies further, stopping them becoming viable.
如果还不起，那么试图还债只会令经济进一步萎缩，停止还债由此变得切实可行。
Most of GE's recent problems have come from its financial arm, GE Capital, which it has belatedly decided to shrink somewhat.
通用最近的大多数麻烦都来自其金融分部-通用电气金融服务公司（GECapital），通用已决定对该部门进行缩减，尽管这个决定来得有些迟。
One way out of this predicament would be to shrink the Thai monarchy back to its previous size.
有个办法能摆脱这种困境，即限制王权，退回当年情形。
It has also transferred loan portfolios to other parts of the bank in order to help shrink the balance sheet of its US consumer finance arm.
该公司还将贷款资产转移到其他部门，以帮助缩减其美国消费金融业务的资产负债表规模。
The mail order advertiser has no retailers to shrink and expand their inventories, to push his product or to hide it under the counter.
邮购商没有零售商来帮他减少、增加、促销或收藏其存货。
In needlework this edge is usually cut off AS it is woven more tightly than the rest of the material and is inclined to shrink more.
由于这条边比其他部位织得紧，而且更容易缩水，所以在裁剪时，通常去掉不用。
But like a melting ice cube, the bank's franchise value would rapidly shrink as depositors, counter parties and staff all left.
但等储户、合约方和员工纷纷逃离之时，银行原有的特许经营权价值就会就像冰块融化一样迅速缩减。
If only it were that easy to shrink your waist a few inches. . . which seems to be the message GNC's trying to tell you.
只有它才能让你的小蛮腰轻松收缩几英寸——看起来，这就是GNC想要告诉你的信息吧。
Gross domestic product is forecast to shrink more this year than at any other time since the Great Depression.
国内生产总值预测今年的的萎缩比任何其他经济大萧条时期更为严重。
This medicine will make the cataracts shrink and peel off from his eyes; then your father will again be able to see the light of day.
这药要把白翳聚在一起，使白翳从他眼中脱落，这样你父亲便得复明，重见天日。
It is finished with a plug-in closure that imitates the stem of a chilli and a gravure-printed shrink sleeve provides product information.
这是完成一个插件关闭的模仿干的辣椒和凹印印刷收缩套提供产品信息。
At least as important is to communicate that the Fed will not shrink from doing more (what some call "operation shout" ).
至少同样重要的是传递一种信息，表明美联储将敢于走得更远——一些人称之为“喊话行动”（operationshout）。
Before you call a shrink or decide to get on beds, let's take a moment to think about this post-travel condition and what it really means.
在你打给心理医生或决定治疗之前，让我们花一些时间来想想这种旅途后综合症，它到底意味着什么。
Mr. Immelt said the finance arm will shrink to concentrate on more-profitable sectors that are better connected to other GE businesses.
伊梅尔特说，金融子公司将收缩规模，集中在利润更丰厚、与GE其他业务联系更密切的领域。
On the other hand, if it gives you pleasure to watch your debt shrink and motivates you to keep at it, then make it manual.
另一方面，如果看着你的债款渐渐减少让你觉得很爽并激励你继续保持下去，那你就人为地去还债。
Even if the euro-zone crisis were to be solved tomorrow, the region's GDP would probably shrink over the coming months.
即使明天欧元区的危机得到解决，该地区的国内生产总值在今后几个月也可能会萎缩。
Its vast current-account deficit has started to shrink, meaning that America is no longer pulling along the rest of the world.
国际间经常往来帐户的巨额赤字减少，意味着美国引领全球经济已显得力不从心。
The X6 M's rear-three quarters view is perhaps its best At speed, the car seems to shrink around you, contrary to its large street presence.
的X6M的后轮四分之三认为也许是最好的速度，赛车似乎收缩你的周围，违背其大型街头存在。
Users were able to enlarge or shrink their setup without having to make headache-inducing software upgrades as well.
用户不必作出令人头痛的软件升级就能够放大或缩小其设置。
