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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most significantly of all, it shrinks the volume of the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus.
  最为的是，它缩小了前额叶皮质和海马体的体积。
• 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。
• This cloth shrinks in the wash.
  这种布一洗就抽。
• 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。
• Control shrinks to its default size.
  控件将缩小到其默认大小。
• It was already been explained that wood shrinks when its moisture content is reduced.
  已经说明，当木材含水量下降时，会发生收缩。