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shrank

/shrangk/US // ʃræŋk //UK // (ʃræŋk) //

缩水,缩小,缩减,萎缩

Related Words

wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水shorten缩短,简化,缩减,弄短reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小drop off辍学,掉落,丢下,掉落的fall off脱落,脱掉,脱离,掉下来wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱narrow狭窄的,窄小的,缩小,窄小shrivel萎缩,起皱纹,缩水,萎靡不振weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了recede退缩,退却,后退,消退retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关wrinkle褶皱,皱纹,防皱,折皱compress压缩,压制,压迫,压紧condense浓缩,凝聚,凝结,凝练deflate放气,平放,平减,平移concentrate浓缩,集中精力,专注,浓缩的

Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : a simple past tense of shrink.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbecome smaller
Synonyms
decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱drop off辍学,掉落,丢下,掉落的dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水fall off脱落,脱掉,脱离,掉下来lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低narrow狭窄的,窄小的,缩小,窄小reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小shorten缩短,简化,缩减,弄短shrivel萎缩,起皱纹,缩水,萎靡不振wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩compress压缩,压制,压迫,压紧concentrate浓缩,集中精力,专注,浓缩的condense浓缩,凝聚,凝结,凝练constrict压迫,缢死,缢杀,拘束contract合同,签约,契约,契约书deflate放气,平放,平减,平移fail不合格,失败,不及格,不成功waste浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃wrinkle褶皱,皱纹,防皱,折皱fall short亏损,亏欠,亏空,不及格grow smaller越来越小,变小,逐渐变小,缩小waste away浪费,浪费了,消减,浪费掉
verbrecoil, shy away
Synonyms
recede退缩,退却,后退,消退retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关blench愠怒,变色,变色剂,变色龙boggle绕口令,拗口,迷惑,拗拗看contract合同,签约,契约,契约书cower畏缩,畏缩不前,畏畏缩缩,蜷缩cringe畏缩不前,畏缩,崩溃crouch蹲下,蹲在地上,蹲下来,蹲下身子demur抗辩,抗议,抗辩权,抗辨flinch畏缩,畏缩不前,望而却步,畏畏缩缩huddle挤在一起,蜷缩,团结一致,蜷缩成一团quail鹌鹑,鹌鹑的,畏缩,鹌鹁refuse拒绝,拒收,拒绝接受,拒不接受retire退役,退职,退任,退下scruple顾虑重重,顾忌,忌讳,顾虑shudder不寒而栗,颤抖,震颤,颤抖着slink滑行,偷偷摸摸,潜行,溜达wince缩手缩脚,畏缩,蜷缩,畏惧withdraw撤销,撤回,撤出,退出draw back后退,缩减,逡巡不前,缩回hang back悬而未决,后退,悬挂在后面,垂头丧气

Examples

  • Between March 31 and June 31, the amount of debt held by the public actually shrank by $47 billion.

  • Between 2001 and 2011, cases of sex-based human trafficking shrank by 10 percent.

  • Denison admits that he shrank from doing the project in the run-up to his birthday last year, when he had planned to start it.

  • Public-sector unions grew rapidly, but private-sector unions shrank.

  • In the first quarter of 2011, the economy shrank at a 1.3 percent annual rate.

  • He shrank, as from some one who inflicted pain as a child, unwittingly, to see what the effect would be.

  • I cried, and shrank involuntarily, for his eyeballs rolled till only the whites showed in a way that made me shudder.

  • With a cry of fear Valerie shrank back against the panelled wall, her little hands to her cheeks, her eyes dilating with alarm.

  • Miss Winter looked at Etheldred reprovingly, and she shrank into herself, drew apart, and indulged in a reverie.

  • Etheldred shrank from what she might have to behold, and Flora hastened down, too busy and too useful to have time to think.

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