单词	shrinkage
释义	shrinkageshrink‧age /ˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒ/ noun [singular, uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES This move is intended to stop the shrinkage in the banking industry. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It is advisable to stiffen the fabric before cutting to shape when using the latter method to allow for any possible shrinkage. Moreover, the cooling would be uneven, and the resultant shrinkage and warping would leave the structure fissured and cracked. On Romney Marsh, silting of river mouths was worsened by the problem of peat shrinkage. Such inadequacies were made far worse by something which Vermuyden could not have foreseen: peat shrinkage. The drying out of the soils causes shrinkage, which ultimately leads to a lowering of the land levels. These fears are not groundless, especially fears about audience shrinkage. Unfortunately, the shrinkage involves some loss of detail. Wells Fargo had hoped that normal attrition would take care of much of the shrinkage. the act of shrinking, or the amount that something shrinks:  Pollution led to a shrinkage of grasslands.
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