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

• Making all this worse will be the collapse in private sector demand, as credit shrinks and wealth falls.
  让这一切变得更糟的是，随着信贷收缩以及财富减少，私营领域需求将垮塌。
• Control or section shrinks vertically when printed to eliminate blank lines?
  在设置为去除空白行打印时，控件或节是否可以垂直回缩？
• The main reflection and shrinks slightly and so on the pronunciation aspect's variation including the harmonics several forms.
  主要反映在语音方面的变异包括谐音和缩略等几种形式。
• The child shrinks from meeting strangers.
  这孩子怕生。
• Hot water shrinks wool.
  热水会使羊毛皱缩。
• 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。
• In bright light, the pupil shrinks.
  在太亮的光线里，瞳孔会收缩。
• As the user shrinks the view, this column continues to shrink until it reaches its minimum width.
  当用户缩小视图时，这个列不断收缩，直到到达最小宽度。
• 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。
• If such financing dries up, economic activity shrinks.
  如果这种融资枯竭，经济活动就会收缩。