To contract; become smaller or shorter. 缩；缩小；缩短。 Woolen cloth shrinks in hot water. 毛料布在热水中缩小。 To draw back, as from a danger, threat or something repellent or disagreeable. 畏缩；畏怯。 The soldiers were terrified and shrunk back. 兵士因畏惧而后退。 He shrinks from entering official life because of its responsibilities. 他因不愿负中任而不敢踏上仕徒。 To cause to contract or grow smaller. 缩小。 The washerwoman has shrunk all my shirts. 那洗衣妇将我所有的衬衫都洗得缩水了。 shrink into oneself 腼腆；羞怯。 shrink to nothing 渐渐缩小而消失。 The act or amount of shrinking. 收缩；收缩量。 A psychiatrist. 【美】【俚】精神病医生。 shrink wrapping 收缩包装(用塑料薄膜包装东西，并加热使薄膜收缩，紧密黏贴物品)。 adj. shrinkable. n. shrinker. shrivel, wither, blight, fade. |