1. (通常指布料、衣服等洗后)縮水，收縮，縮小，皺縮 If cloth or clothing shrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed.
shrink的意思
e.g. All my jumpers have shrunk. 我所有的套頭毛衣都縮水了。
2. (使)縮小;(使)收縮;(使)減少 If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it becomes smaller.
shrink的反義詞
e.g. The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk... 西非的大片森林面積已縮小了。 e.g. Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector. 匈牙利可能不得不降低其縮小國家軍事管制區的期望。
3. (因害怕、震驚或厭惡)退縮，畏縮，避開(kāi) If you shrink away from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them.
e.g. One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him... 當我試圖和一個(gè)孩子說(shuō)話(huà)時(shí)，他避開(kāi)了我。 e.g. Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall... 西格弗里德畏縮了，退避到墻根。
4. 畏避，回避(工作、責任等) If you do not shrink from a task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous.
shrink的反義詞
e.g. We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible... 我們要想保持誠信可靠，就絕不能避忌武力的合法使用。 e.g. They didn't shrink from danger. 他們在危險面前沒(méi)有退縮。
5. 精神病學(xué)家;心理學(xué)家 A shrink is a psychiatrist.
e.g. I've seen a shrink already. 我已經(jīng)看過(guò)心理專(zhuān)家了。
6. no shrinking violet -> see violet
shrink英英釋義
noun
1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Synonym: psychiatristhead-shrinker
verb
1. decrease in size, range, or extent
e.g. His earnings shrank My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
Synonym: shrivel
2. become smaller or draw together
e.g. The fabric shrank The balloon shrank
Synonym: contract
3. reduce in size reduce physically
e.g. Hot water will shrink the sweater Can you shrink this image?
Synonym: reduce
4. wither, as with a loss of moisture
e.g. The fruit dried and shriveled
Synonym: shrivelshrivel upwither
5. draw back, as with fear or pain
e.g. she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf