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shrink

释义

shrink

noun countable informal

UK /ʃrɪŋk/

Word Forms

singular	shrink
plural	shrinks

1
a psychiatrist. Some people think that this word does not show respect.
Synonyms and related words
General words for psychology and psychoanalysis
ambivert
analyse
analysis

shrink

noun countable informal

US /ʃrɪŋk/

Word Forms

singular	shrink
plural	shrinks

1
a psychiatrist. Some people think that this word does not show respect.
Synonyms and related words
General words for psychology and psychoanalysis
ambivert
analyse
analysis

shrink

verb

UK /ʃrɪŋk/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	shrink
he/she/it	shrinks
present participle	shrinking
past tense	shrank or shrunk
past participle	shrunk

1
intransitive to become smaller in size
Do you think this dress will shrink if I handwash it?
Many people shrink in old age.
Synonyms and related words
To become smaller
shrink
contract
compact
1. 1a
  transitive to make something smaller in size
  The treatment will shrink the tumour.
  Synonyms and related words
  To make something smaller
  reduce
  thin
  compact
2
intransitive to become smaller in amount, value, or range
The company’s profit margins shrank from 32.5 per cent to 17 per cent.
shrink rapidly/dramatically/fast:
Numbers of butterflies are shrinking rapidly as the environment changes.
Synonyms and related words
To become less in size, amount or value
crater
decrease
decline
1. 2a
  transitive to make something smaller in amount, value, or range
  The UN was urged to shrink its peacekeeping presence in Rwanda.
  Synonyms and related words
  To reduce something
  cut back
  cut down
  reduce
3
intransitive to move back or away from someone or something, especially because you are frightened or nervous
shrink away/back:
He shrank away from her touch.
Synonyms and related words
To move, or to move something away or back
back away
draw back
part
Synonyms and related words
To express or react to fear
shout
cry out
tremble

phrasal verbs

shrink from

shrink

verb

US /ʃrɪŋk/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	shrink
he/she/it	shrinks
present participle	shrinking
past tense	shrank or shrunk
past participle	shrunk

1
intransitive to become smaller in size
Do you think this dress will shrink if I handwash it?
Many people shrink in old age.
Synonyms and related words
To become smaller
shrink
contract
compact
1. 1a
  transitive to make something smaller in size
  The treatment will shrink the tumor.
  Synonyms and related words
  To make something smaller
  reduce
  shrink
  condense
2
intransitive to become smaller in amount, value, or range
The company’s profit margins shrank from 32.5 percent to 17 percent.
shrink rapidly/dramatically/fast:
Numbers of butterflies are shrinking rapidly as the environment changes.
Synonyms and related words
To become less in size, amount or value
crater
decrease
diminish
1. 2a
  transitive to make something smaller in amount, value, or range
  The UN was urged to shrink its peacekeeping presence in Rwanda.
  Synonyms and related words
  To reduce something
  cut back
  reduce
  shrivel
3
intransitive to move back or away from someone or something, especially because you are frightened or nervous
shrink away/back:
He shrank away from her touch.
Synonyms and related words
To move, or to move something away or back
back away
draw back
part
Synonyms and related words
To express or react to fear
shout
cry out
tremble

phrasal verbs

shrink from

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