shrink
翻譯
收縮, 縮小, 退縮
例句
My sweater shrank in the wash.
我的毛衣在洗滌時縮水了。
The company's profits are shrinking.
公司的利潤正在萎縮。
He shrank from the task.
他對這項任務退縮了。
文法模式
((sth.)) shrinks (某物)收縮 The fabric shrinks when washed in hot water.
to shrink from ((sth. / -ing)) 從...退縮 She doesn't shrink from telling the truth.
近義詞
同義詞: contract, decrease, diminish; 反義詞: expand, grow, increase
詞源
源自古英語 'scrincan'，意為「收回四肢，收縮，枯萎」。
記憶技巧
記住過去式的元音變化，就像 'drink, drank, drunk' 和 'sink, sank, sunk' 一樣：shrink, shrank, shrunk。