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

• In bright light, the pupil shrinks.
  在太亮的光线里，瞳孔会收缩。
• If such financing dries up, economic activity shrinks.
  如果这种融资枯竭，经济活动就会收缩。
• The brain shrinks with age, even in the healthiest of people.
  人体的大脑会随着年龄的增长而萎缩，哪怕是身体最健康的人也不例外。
• In his work he often shrinks back from difficulties.
  他在工作中常常知难而退。
• 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。
• Second, DB2 compression shrinks the remaining XML and relational data by a factor of3.
  第二，DB2压缩将剩余的XML和关系数据缩小了3倍。
• 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 it comes to the point, she always shrinks back.
  每逢到了紧要关头，她总是临阵退缩。
• Sure the likes of China and India are seeing their economies grow while much of the developed world shrinks.
  的确，在许多发达国家经济萎缩之时，中国和印度等国的经济依旧在增长。
• 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。