shrinking

美 [ʃrɪŋkɪŋ]
英 [ʃrɪŋkɪŋ]
  • v.收缩;减少;退缩;畏缩
  • n.精神病学家;心理学家
  • 网络皱缩;缩短;缩小的
shrinking
v.
1.
[i][t]
~ (sth)
(使)缩水,收缩,缩小,皱缩to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way
My sweater shrank in the wash.
我的毛衣缩水了。
2.
[i][t]
(使)缩小,收缩,减少to become or to make sth smaller in size or amount
The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea.
肿瘤已缩小到豌豆大小。
The market for their products is shrinking.
市场对他们产品的需求在减少。
There was a movie called ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’.
有部电影名叫《亲爱的,我把孩子缩小了》。
Television in a sense has shrunk the world.
从某种意义上说,电视把世界缩小了。
3.
[i]
+ adv./prep.
退缩;畏缩to move back or away from sth because you are frightened or shocked
He shrank back against the wall as he heard them approaching.
听见他们朝这边来,他退到墙根。
IDM
a shrinking violet
(指羞怯的人)a way of describing a very shy person
n.
1.
精神病学家;心理学家a psychiatrist or psychologist

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