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

• Whenever you have something big and it shrinks, you want to keep the good ones.
  如果有，无论何时你要把一个大家伙缩减掉，你总想要保住那些出色的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hot water shrinks wool.
  热水会使羊毛皱缩。
• If such financing dries up, economic activity shrinks.
  如果这种融资枯竭，经济活动就会收缩。
• Control shrinks to its default size.
  控件将缩小到其默认大小。
• A snail shrinks back at a touch.
  蜗牛一碰就缩回去了。
• Interest rates tend to fall, as household and business incomes drop and demand for money and credit shrinks.
  而利率倾向于会下跌则是因为，家庭和企业收入下降，货币需求和信贷需求也出现萎缩。
• 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。