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shrink
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vt.& vi.

n.

  • 易混淆的单词：SHRINK  

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

  • All my jumpers have shrunk.

    我所有的套头毛衣都缩水了。

2. V-ERG (使)缩小;(使)收缩;(使)减少 If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it becomes smaller. 

  • The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk...

    西非的大片森林面积已缩小了。

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

  • 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。

  • Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall...

    西格弗里德畏缩了，退避到墙根。

  • She shrank back with an involuntary gasp.

    她不由得倒抽了口冷气，往后退了退。

4. VERB 畏避，回避(工作、责任等) If you do not shrink from a task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous. 

  • We must not shrink 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。

  • They didn't shrink from danger.

    他们在危险面前没有退缩。

5. N-COUNT 精神病学家;心理学家 A shrink is a psychiatrist. 

  • I've seen a shrink already.

    我已经看过心理专家了。

6.   no shrinking violet→see: violet; 
Noun

1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry

Verb

1. wither, especially with a loss of moisture;

  • "The fruit dried and shriveled"

2. draw back, as with fear or pain;

  • "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

3. reduce in size; reduce physically;

  • "Hot water will shrink the sweater"
  • "Can you shrink this image?"

4. become smaller or draw together;

  • "The fabric shrank"
  • "The balloon shrank"

5. decrease in size, range, or extent;

  • "His earnings shrank"
  • "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
1. How much must we allow for the shrink?
要留多少缩水长度？

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2. This cloth will not shrink in the wash.
这布不缩水。

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3. This cloth won't shrink when it's washed.
这种布下水不缩。

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4. Washing wool in hot water will make it shrink.
毛线用热水洗会抽缩。

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5. Washing wool in hot water will shrink it.
在热水中洗毛织品会使其缩水。

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6. Will this soap shrink woolen clothes?
这种肥皂会使毛织品缩水吗？

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7. Will this soap shrink woollen clothes?
这种肥皂会使毛织衣物收缩吗？

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8. Woollen fabrics shrink in the wash.
毛织物一洗要缩水。

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