shrinks

英 [ʃrɪŋks]

美 [ʃrɪŋks]

v.  (使)缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩; (使)缩小，减少; 退缩; 畏缩
n.  精神病学家; 心理学家
shrink的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (通常指布料、衣服等洗后)缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩
  If cloth or clothingshrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed.
  1. All my jumpers have shrunk.
     我所有的套头毛衣都缩水了。
• V-ERG (使)缩小;(使)收缩;(使)减少
  If somethingshrinksor something elseshrinksit, it becomes smaller.
  1. The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk...
     西非的大片森林面积已缩小了。
  2. 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。
• VERB (因害怕、震惊或厌恶)退缩，畏缩，避开
  If youshrink away fromsomeone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them.
  1. 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。
  2. Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall...
     西格弗里德畏缩了，退避到墙根。
  3. She shrank back with an involuntary gasp.
     她不由得倒抽了口冷气，往后退了退。
• VERB 畏避，回避(工作、责任等)
  If you do notshrink froma task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous.
  1. 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。
  2. They didn't shrink from danger.
     他们在危险面前没有退缩。
• N-COUNT 精神病学家;心理学家
  Ashrinkis a psychiatrist.
  1. I've seen a shrink already.
     我已经看过心理专家了。
• no shrinking violet→ see:violet

双语例句

• When it comes to the point, she always shrinks back.
  每逢到了紧要关头，她总是临阵退缩。
• In bright light, the pupil shrinks.
  在太亮的光线里，瞳孔会收缩。
• Hot water shrinks wool.
  热水会使羊毛皱缩。
• This dress material shrinks in the wash.
  毛料衣服能干洗吗？这种衣料一洗要缩水。
• Brain size shrinks in late adulthood, which can cause memory problems.
  大脑尺寸在成年人晚期缩小，这可能导致记忆力问题。
• Most significantly of all, it shrinks the volume of the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus.
  最为的是，它缩小了前额叶皮质和海马体的体积。
• You can now return a jacket with the collar and lapel set with the same piece of equipment that was used in the garment's original manufacture, which shrinks and molds the collar.
  现在，您可以返回夹克的领子和翻领一套相同的设备所用的服装的原始生产，这缩小了和铸模的衣领。
• Officials acknowledge that maintaining near self-sufficiency in grain will become harder as the population grows and arable land shrinks.
  中国官员承认，随着人口增长和耕地减少，保持粮食基本自足将变得越发艰难。
• Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
  生活的充实和贫乏与勇气的大小成正比。
• When concrete loses moisture by evaporation it shrinks.
  当混凝土由蒸发丢失水分时便产生了收缩现象。