Shrunk

例句:

• St. Clare was at last willing to call in medical advice,--a thing from which he had always shrunk, because it was the admission of an unwelcome truth. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He shrunk behind the curtains, and called out very loudly-- 'Ha-hum! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• If that were so, my sacrifice was nothing; my plainest obligation to her unfulfilled; and every poor action I had shrunk from, I was hourly doing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• There was hair upon the end, which blazed and shrunk into a light cinder, and, caught by the air, whirled up the chimney. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• If he were ever a big old man, he has shrunk into a little old man; if he were always a little old man, he has dwindled into a less old man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• These antique guns were made by welding longitudinal bars of iron together and binding them by iron rings shrunk on while hot. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• When she came there of an evening, she always shrunk from accepting his escort home, and ran away with me instead. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• She had not tried to see Dorset alone: she had positively shrunk from a renewal of his confidences. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I should have thought your self respect and your Porter pride would have shrunk from admitting, even to yourself, that you were a bought woman. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• My hand shrunk from the grasp of Fortitude, who continued his firm and undeviating road, frequently beckoning me to follow him. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• A shipment of eight gallons from New York to Washington for lecture purposes shrunk to three gallons in two days’ time. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• If she could have anticipated them, how she would have shrunk away and hid herself from the coming time! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• But tell him, sir,' she had shrunk away from him, 'if you don't feel too hard to me to do it, that I never was in any way the cause of his misfortune. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The convict thought on the many times he had shrunk from his father's sight in that very place. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Isaac shrunk together, and was silent. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The liner and tube are then placed upright in an assembling pit, the jacket and hoops shrunk on, and the finishing work done, as above said, the breech mechanism being finally fitted. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Mrs. Bardell screamed violently; Tommy roared; Mrs. Cluppins shrunk within herself; and Mrs. Sanders made off, without more ado. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Like the jacket, these also are shrunk on. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Sometimes they played tricks upon him; but they never knew how he felt them, and shrunk up, when he was alone with me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• They had shrunk past homeless people, lying coiled up in nooks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It was a subject which she must learn to speak of, and the weakness that shrunk from it would soon be quite unpardonable. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I should myself have shrunk from any thing so hasty, and she would have felt every scruple of mine with multiplied strength and refinement. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Raymond did not wonder, that, thus situated, the artist had shrunk from notice, but he did not for this alter his resolve. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• If I shrunk into myself, hiding the disrespect I had undergone, it was because I honoured you so much, and so much wished that you should honour me! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• A hundred times on the point of yielding, she had shrunk back from a sacrifice which she felt was too much for her. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Those who have shrunk from me because of this, have shrunk from you, and proved you so far right. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• He re-entered the shed, and shrunk down once more. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• His eyes were dim; his hair had turned completely grey; his face was wizen; his figure had shrunk. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The men spoke together, and then one of them came up to Higgins, who would have fain shrunk back into his house. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• In your place, I am afraid I should have shrunk from it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

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