shrink
翻译
收缩, 缩小, 退缩
例句
My sweater shrank in the wash.
我的毛衣在洗涤时缩水了。
The company's profits are shrinking.
公司的利润正在萎缩。
He shrank from the task.
他对这项任务退缩了。
语法模式
((sth.)) shrinks (某物)收缩 The fabric shrinks when washed in hot water.
to shrink from ((sth. / -ing)) 从...退缩 She doesn't shrink from telling the truth.
近义词
同义词: contract, decrease, diminish; 反义词: expand, grow, increase
词源
源自古英语 'scrincan'，意为“收回四肢，收缩，枯萎”。
记忆技巧
记住过去式的元音变化，就像 'drink, drank, drunk' 和 'sink, sank, sunk' 一样：shrink, shrank, shrunk。