shrink

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
    — Yet almost with, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise.
  2. A psychiatrist or psychotherapist. derogatory,slang,sometimes
    — You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool.
  3. Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date. uncountable
    — Assuming the retailer's shrink is average or below, and the owner is comfortable with the level of shrink, perhaps nothing more need be done except to maintain vigilance and to monitor the shrink for signs of emerging problems.
动词 v.
  1. To cause to become smaller. transitive
    — The dryer shrank my sweater.
  2. To become smaller; to contract. intransitive
    — This garment will shrink when wet.
  3. To cower or flinch. intransitive
    — Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.
  4. To draw back; to withdraw. transitive
    — The Libyc Hammon ſhrinks his horn,
  5. To withdraw or retire, as from danger. figuratively,intransitive
    — What happier natures shrink at with affright, / The hard inhabitant contends is right.
  6. To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust. intransitive

词形变化

shrinks present,singular,third-person shrinking participle,present shrank past shrunk nonstandard,past shrunk participle,past shrunken participle,past shrinks plural

词汇关系

反义词
expand grow enlarge stretch
衍生词
head-shrinker nonshrink nonshrinkable nonshrinking overshrink preshrink reshrink shrinkability shrinkable shrink away shrink back shrink down shrinkee shrinkflate shrinkflation shrinking frog shrinking violet shrinkproof shrink up shrink-wrap shrinkwrap shrinky sinew-shrunk unshrink unshrinkable unshrinking unshrinkingly antishrink grocery shrink ray headshrink heat shrink shrink rate shrink ray shrink-swell shrinkwrap license shrink-wrapped

词源

词源 1
From Middle English schrynken, from Old English sċrincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Cognate with Dutch schrinken (“to shrink”).
The sense “psychologist, psychotherapist” is a clipping of head-shrinker.
词源 2
From Middle English schrynken, from Old English sċrincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Cognate with Dutch schrinken (“to shrink”).
The sense “psychologist, psychotherapist” is a clipping of head-shrinker.
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