基本释义
- v.
- 收缩( shrink的现在分词 ); （使）缩水; 退缩; 畏缩
实用例句
The department has been shrinking year by year because of budget cuts.
这个部门因为预算削减而逐年萎缩。
柯林斯例句
When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet.
他在表达自己的想法时毫不羞怯。
柯林斯例句
Sony has also led the way in shrinking the size of compact-disc players.
索尼公司在缩小CD播放机的体积方面也处于领先地位。
柯林斯例句
She purposely made the dress larger to allow for shrinking when it was washed.
她故意把衣服做大一些,以防洗时缩水.
《简明英汉词典》
Matsuzawa's findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking.
松泽的发现表明,思考可以防止大脑萎缩.
中级百科部分
In working with this cloth, be sure to allow for shrinking.
用这种布缝衣, 务必考虑到洗后会缩水.
辞典例句
He was a simple - hearted old gentleman, of a shrinking, subdued spirit.
他是一位心地单纯的老绅士, 具有一种怕事和忍耐的精神.
辞典例句
She was shrinking away in spirit from this man.
她从心理上已经开始了远离这个男人.
辞典例句
She's no shrinking violet always ready to speak up for herself.
她可不胆小--任何场合都能为自己说话.
辞典例句
The straws in the fashion wind indicate a shrinking attachment for jersey and knitting.
时装流行式样中的种种迹象表明针织上衣和编织品已越来越不受青睐.
辞典例句
Mainly apply to shrinking label film on polyester bottle.
主要适用于聚脂塑料瓶标签膜的收缩包装.
互联网
This man was no shrinking violet in scientific research.
这人在科学研究这一行中可不是个小人物.
互联网
Profit is shrinking due commercial competition and maturity of technics.
随着竞争的激烈和工艺的日趋成熟,印刷企业的利润已相当微薄.
互联网
Native English speakers may wince but are an ever - shrinking minority.
英语母语人士也许会厌烦这种情况,但这些人是少数,而且数量在不断减少.
互联网
As temperatures rise, it looks like some species might be shrinking.
随着气温上升, 看起来有些物种可能会缩小.
互联网
真题例句
since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand.
2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section CThey have stagnant (萧条的) or shrinking markets for goods and services.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文What is said to be the consequence of a shrinking population
出自-2013年12月阅读原文But at a time when the American factory seems to be a shrinking presence, and when good manufacturing jobs have vanished, perhaps never to return, there is something deeply troubling about this dilution of American craftsmanship.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文Manufacturing's shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation's assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time
出自-2013年6月阅读原文It's a product he believes could help solve future global food crises resulting from shrinking amounts of land available for growing meat the old-fashioned way.
出自-2012年6月听力原文But now these segments are looking at slower growth curves – or shrinking markets in some cases – as consumers are not as eager to spend money on new gadgets.
2016年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section BIn the past 12 months, Nigeria has suffered from a shrinking economy, a sliding currency, and a prolonged fuel shortage.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section AWhen the molten rock of the earth's core forced its way to the surface to form the throat of a volcano, as the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinking and cracking into long columns.
2016年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section BThe death of Russians may result in a shrinking population, which would damage its economic future.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设英英释义
1. process or result of becoming less or smaller;
"the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
2. the act of becoming less