Shrink

[ʃrɪŋk]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) become smaller or draw together; 'The fabric shrank'; 'The balloon shrank'.

(verb.) reduce in size; reduce physically; 'Hot water will shrink the sweater'; 'Can you shrink this image?'.

(verb.) decrease in size, range, or extent; 'His earnings shrank'; 'My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me'.

整理:朱莉安娜--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.

(v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.

(v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.

(v. t.) To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.

(v. t.) To draw back; to withdraw.

(n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.

海耶斯校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Shrivel, contract, decrease, dwindle, wither.[2]. Recoil, blench, flinch, withdraw, swerve, draw back, give way, lack courage or resolution.

贝莎整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Contract, shrivel, withdraw, retire, recoil, revolt

ANT:Stretch, expand, dilate, venture, dare

埃尔伯特編輯

解釋/意思:

v.i. to contract: to wither: to occupy less space: to become wrinkled by contraction: to recoil as from fear disgust &c.—v.t. to cause to shrink or contract: to withdraw:—pa.t. shrank shrunk; pa.p. shrunk.—n. act of shrinking: contraction: withdrawal or recoil.—adj. Shrink′able.—ns. Shrink′age a contraction into a less compass: the extent of the reduction of anything in bulk by shrinking evaporation &c.; Shrink′er.—adv. Shrink′ingly in a shrinking manner: by shrinking.

整理:梅