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. (通常指布料、衣服等洗后)缩水,收缩,缩小,皱缩
2 V-ERG (使)缩小;(使)收缩;(使)减少 If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it becomes smaller. (使)缩小;(使)收缩;(使)减少
SYN decrease, dwindle, lessen, grow or get smaller
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. (因害怕、震惊或厌恶)退缩,畏缩,避开
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One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him. [VERB prep./adv.]
当我试图和一个孩子说话时,他避开了我。
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Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall. [VERB prep./adv.]
西格弗里德畏缩了,退避到墙根。
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She shrank back with an involuntary gasp. [VERB prep./adv.]
她不由得倒抽了口冷气,往后退了退。
4 VERB [usu with neg] 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. 畏避,回避(工作、责任等)
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We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible. [VERB + from]
我们要想保持诚信可靠,就绝不能避忌武力的合法使用。
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They didn't shrink from danger. [VERB from noun]
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. 精神病学家;心理学家 [informal]
SYN psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst
6 no shrinking violet→see: violet
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