shrinks是什么意思？

shrinks

• v. 收缩( shrink的第三人称单数 )，（使）缩水，退缩，畏缩；

例句

• A brave fighter never shrinks from danger in executing an assignment. 一个英勇的战士在执行任务时决不害怕危险。
• The child shrinks from meeting strangers. 这孩子怕生.
• This cloth shrinks in the wash. 这种布一洗就抽.
• Meat shrinks by losing some of its fat in cooking. 肉在烹煮时,会因失去一部分脂肪而缩小.
• One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him... 当我试图和一个孩子说话时，他避开了我。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  (通常指布料、衣服等洗后)缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩
  If cloth or clothing shrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed.
  例句
  All my jumpers have shrunk. 我所有的套头毛衣都缩水了。
• V-ERG
  (使)缩小;(使)收缩;(使)减少
  If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it becomes smaller.
  例句
  The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk... 西非的大片森林面积已缩小了。 Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector. 匈牙利可能不得不降低其缩小国家军事管制区的期望。
• VERB
  (因害怕、震惊或厌恶)退缩，畏缩，避开
  If you shrink away from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them.
  例句
  One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him... 当我试图和一个孩子说话时，他避开了我。 Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall... 西格弗里德畏缩了，退避到墙根。
• VERB
  畏避，回避(工作、责任等)
  If you do not shrink from a task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous.
  例句
  We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible... 我们要想保持诚信可靠，就绝不能避忌武力的合法使用。 They didn't shrink from danger. 他们在危险面前没有退缩。
• N-COUNT
  精神病学家;心理学家
  A shrink is a psychiatrist.
  例句
  I've seen a shrink already. 我已经看过心理专家了。