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

• A snail shrinks back at a touch.
  蜗牛一碰就缩回去了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• See, this is why I don't waste money on shrinks.
  看，这就是为什么我不用浪费钱去看心理医生。
• He shrinks from hurting animals.
  他很怕伤害了动物。
• If someone gets sick, his health costs rise and the company's margin shrinks.
  如果谁生病了，那么供他使用的医疗费用就会提高，公司的余额也相应缩减。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hot water shrinks wool.
  热水会使羊毛皱缩。