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

  1. VERB (通常指布料、衣服等洗后)缩水,收缩,缩小,皱缩
    If cloth or clothing shrinks, 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。
  2. V-ERG (使)缩小;(使)收缩;(使)减少
    If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, 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。
  3. VERB (因害怕、震惊或厌恶)退缩,畏缩,避开
    If you shrink away from someone 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。
  4. VERB 畏避,回避(工作、责任等)
    If you do not shrink from a 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。
  5. N-COUNT 精神病学家;心理学家
    A shrink is a psychiatrist.
    1. I've seen a shrink already.
      我已经看过心理专家了。
  6. no shrinking violet → see: violet

双语例句

  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. The child shrinks from meeting strangers.
    这孩子怕生。
  3. This cloth shrinks in the wash.
    这种布一洗就抽。
  4. 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。
  5. Second, DB2 compression shrinks the remaining XML and relational data by a factor of3.
    第二,DB2压缩将剩余的XML和关系数据缩小了3倍。
  6. 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。
  7. When concrete loses moisture by evaporation it shrinks.
    当混凝土由蒸发丢失水分时便产生了收缩现象。
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. Hot water shrinks wool.
    热水会使羊毛皱缩。
  11. In his work he often shrinks back from difficulties.
    他在工作中常常知难而退。
  12. In bright light, the pupil shrinks.
    在太亮的光线里,瞳孔会收缩。
  13. Control or section shrinks vertically when printed to eliminate blank lines?
    在设置为去除空白行打印时,控件或节是否可以垂直回缩?
  14. 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。
  15. If someone gets sick, his health costs rise and the company's margin shrinks.
    如果谁生病了,那么供他使用的医疗费用就会提高,公司的余额也相应缩减。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. 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。
  19. A snail shrinks back at a touch.
    蜗牛一碰就缩回去了。
  20. The main reflection and shrinks slightly and so on the pronunciation aspect's variation including the harmonics several forms.
    主要反映在语音方面的变异包括谐音和缩略等几种形式。
  21. If such financing dries up, economic activity shrinks.
    如果这种融资枯竭,经济活动就会收缩。
  22. 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。
  23. This dress material shrinks in the wash.
    毛料衣服能干洗吗?这种衣料一洗要缩水。
  24. 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。
  25. He shrinks from hurting animals.
    他很怕伤害了动物。
  26. 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。
  27. 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。
  28. 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。
  29. Control shrinks to its default size.
    控件将缩小到其默认大小。
  30. You can now return a jacket with the collar and lapel set with the same piece of equipment that was used in the garment's original manufacture, which shrinks and molds the collar.
    现在,您可以返回夹克的领子和翻领一套相同的设备所用的服装的原始生产,这缩小了和铸模的衣领。