词性及解释
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
词形变化
形容词: shrinkable
名词: shrinker
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
英英解释
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1.
v.decrease in size, range, or extent
[例]
○ His earnings shrank
○ My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
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2.
v.become smaller or draw together
[例]
○ The fabric shrank
○ The balloon shrank
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3.
v.reduce in size
[例]
○ reduce physically
○ Hot water will shrink the sweater
○ Can you shrink this image?
常用词组
习惯用语
1.
shrink away
衰退; 退缩
2.
shrink back
退[畏]缩, 害怕
3.
shrink fit
【机】热配合; 冷缩配合; 烧嵌
4.
shrink from (doing)
畏缩不...
5.
shrink into oneself
踌躇; 变得沉默寡言
6.
shrink to nothing
渐渐缩小到没有
7.
shrink up
缩成一团; (因害羞而)畏畏缩缩
8.
shrinking violet
非常怕羞的人; 谦逊的人
例句
1.
The ADB says in the event of a severe pandemic, the global trade in goods and services would shrink by around 14-percent, or two-and-a-half trillion dollars.
亚洲开发银行说,如果出现大规模流行病,全球的货物与服务贸易额将会减少大约14%,折合2万5千亿美元。
2.
Steaming ANd stretching the wool ANd then letting it shrink gave AN x-ray pattern consistent with the original spacing of about 5.2 ?.
蒸煮并拉长羊毛,然后让其收缩后产生回到间距5.2?。
3.
The mercerization process causes the cotton fibers to swell laterally AND shrink longitudinally.
丝光过程使棉纤维沿直径方向膨胀,沿长度方向伸长
4.
DRYING: Use dryer as little as possible AND have heat as low as possible because some garments will shrink with heat.
烘干:尽量少用干衣机。不得不用时,尽量用低温,因为有些衣服遇热会缩小。
5.
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。
6.
She made Barnes quail before her by the shafts of contempt which she flashed at him(Thackeray.To shrink is to start back instinctively,as in avoidance
她向他射去轻蔑的利剑,使巴尼斯在她面前丧失了勇气(萨克雷)。Shrink指本能地后缩,如为逃避
7.
Her undaunted spirit DID not shrink from the only correct answer
她的大无畏的精神使她不畏惧追求唯一正确的答案。
8.
Mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink form committing it.——Plato
人类对于不公正的行为加以指责,并非因为他们不愿做出这种行为,而是惟恐自己会成为这种行为下的牺牲者。——柏拉图
9.
They shrink from no task,however arduous it is.
不管工作如何艰难,他们都不会知难而退。
10.
It IS a formidable task,but we are determined not to shrink from it.
这是一个非常艰巨的任务,但是我们决不退缩。
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