中英互译
shrink
英 /ʃrɪŋk/美 /ʃrɪŋk/
基本释义
- v.(使)缩小,减少;(通常指布料、衣服等洗后)缩水,皱缩;退缩,畏缩;畏避,回避(工作、责任等)
- n.<非正式> 精神病学家,心理学家;收缩;畏缩
复数shrinks
第三人称单数shrinks
现在分词shrinking
过去式shrank或shrunk
过去分词shrunk或shrunken
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词语例句
(使)缩小,减少vt.&vi.
Television in a sense has shrunk the world.
从某种意义上说电视把世界缩小了。
The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea.
肿瘤已缩小到豌豆大小。
Finally, the bone supporting the teeth is attacked and starts to shrink.
最后,支撑牙齿的骨头损坏,开始萎缩。
(通常指布料、衣服等洗后)缩水,皱缩vi.
My sweater shrank in the wash.
我的毛衣缩水了。
退缩,畏缩vi.
He shrank back against the wall as he heard them approaching.
听见他们朝这边来,他退到墙根。
畏避,回避(工作、责任等)vi.
He is decisive and won't shrink from a fight.
他很果断,而且不会逃避战斗。
- I've seen a shrink already.我已经看过了精神病医生。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- All wood tends to shrink.所有的木头都会收缩。来自《牛津词典》
- If you give up exercise, your muscles shrink and fat increases. By the same token, if you expend more energy you will lose fat.如果你放弃锻炼,肌肉就会萎缩,脂肪会增多。同样地,如果你消耗较多的体能,你就会减掉脂肪。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- shrink from退避;在…前面畏缩
- shrink into oneself缩成一团;变得沉默
- shrink film收缩薄膜
- shrink fit烧嵌;热配合;冷缩配合
- shrink wrap收缩包裹;热缩塑料包
- shrink from ...回避……
- SHRINK-PROOF防缩;不缩水的;预防缩水;防收缩的
- shrink leather皱纹革;皱纹皮
- shrink fit热压配合;收缩配合;冷缩配合;热配合
- Shrink Wrap收缩包裹;收缩包容;收缩包装
- shrink back退缩;因害怕而退缩;收缩;害怕
词语扩展
词义分布
收缩
28.1%
缩小
23.1%
萎缩
21.8%
缩水
13.8%
缩
8.7%
退缩
2.2%
畏缩
1.9%
回避
0.5%
英英释义
- n.a physician who specializes in psychiatry
- v.wither, as with a loss of moisture
- v.draw back, as with fear or pain
- v.reduce in size; reduce physically
- v.become smaller or draw together
- v.decrease in size, range, or extent
- v.to become smaller in size
缩水,收缩- Dad's trousers shrank after just one wash.爸爸的裤子才洗过一次就缩水了。
词源
- shrink来自中世纪英语shrinken, 来自古英语scrincan, 来自原始日耳曼语*skrinkwaną. 同源于荷兰语schrinken("to shrink").
- shrink收缩,缩小,缩水来自古英语 scrincan,收缩,枯萎,凋谢,来自 Proto-Germanic*skrink,收缩,来自 PIE*sker, 弯,转,词源同 ring,curve,scrimp.引申词义缩小,缩水等。
- shrinkFrom Middle English shrinken, from Old English scrincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Cognate with Dutch schrinken (“to shrink”).