shrink

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ʃrɪŋk]
• 美式音标 [ʃrɪŋk]
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基本解释

• v. （使）缩小，（使）收缩；（尤指因恐惧而）退缩，畏缩，回避；（衣服、布料）缩水
• n. 收缩；畏缩；（非正式）精神病医生，精神病学家，心理学家

词源解说

• 直接源自古英语的scrincan；最初源自原始日耳曼语的skrenkanan，意为憔悴，枯萎。

词根记忆

• 童话故事里，人喝(drink)了巫婆的药水就能收缩(shrink)身体
• 童话故事里，喝(drink)了巫婆的药水就能收缩(shrink)身体
• 童话里喝(drink)了巫婆的药水就能将身体收缩(shrink)

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  shrinking：畏缩的；犹豫不决的。

  shrunken：缩小的，缩拢的。

• n性质的同根词

  shrinkage：收缩；减低。

• v性质的同根词

  shrinking：萎缩（shrink的ing形式）；收缩；退缩。

  shrunken：收缩，缩短（shrink的过去分词）。

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用法辨析

v. (动词)

• shrink的基本意思是“收缩”“使…缩小”,指由于外部因素而引起的身体本能地抽回或蜷缩,也可指食物等因失去重量、水分等而萎缩,引申还可表示“退缩”,指因遇到困难而很不情愿地后退。
• shrink可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。
• shrink的过去分词可用如形容词,在句中用作表语或定语。

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英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• It shrunk.
  它变小了。

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• Washing wool in hot water will shrink it.
  在热水中洗毛线会使羊毛收缩。

其他

• It is so shrunk that it no longer fits me.
  缩水缩得穿不下了。

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词组短语

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• shrink modestly 谦虚地缩回
• shrink perceptibly 感觉得到地收缩
• shrink shyly 羞愧地缩回
• shrink visibly 明显地缩小
• shrink aside 退到一旁

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (BECOME SMALLER) to become smaller, or to make something smaller
• (BE FRIGHTENED) to move away from someone or something because you are frightened
• a psychiatrist or psychoanalyst

柯林斯英英字典

• If cloth or clothing shrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed.
• If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it becomes smaller.
• If you shrink away from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them.
• If you do not shrink from a task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous.
• A shrink is a psychiatrist.
• no shrinking violet&rarrsee violet

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专业释义

土木建筑工程

• 收缩

  The volume of swelling rock can expand when it absorbs water and shrink when it loses water. Thus, it can exert destructive pressure to buildings with long potential dangers.
  膨胀岩土吸水膨胀、失水收缩并且具有反复变形的性质，对其中构筑物所构成的危害具有长期的潜伏性。

  机械工程

• 缩套

生物学

• 萎缩

  The lakes which shrink greater always located in the high elevation area, where is near the area water shed. However, the lakes which shrink less always located in the low elevation area, where is the drainage area.3.
  湖泊萎缩量大小的空间分布特征与高程相关,萎缩量大的湖泊大多分布在高程较大的区域,即区域分水岭附近;萎缩量小的湖泊分布在高程值较小,地势低洼地区,为区域的排泄地带。

  计算机科学技术

• 缩小