英语释义
1. to contract or curl up the body or part of it huddle, cower
2. to contract to less extent or compass
3. to become smaller or more compacted
4. to lose substance or weight
5. to lessen in value dwindle
6. to recoil instinctively (as from something painful or horrible)
shrank from the challenge
7. to hold oneself back refrain
did not shrink from telling the truth
8. to cause to contract or shrink specifically to compact (cloth) by causing to contract when subjected to washing, boiling, steaming, or other processes
9. the act of shrinking
10. shrinkage
11. a clinical psychiatrist or psychologist
12. to become smaller in amount, size, or value
13. to make (something) smaller in amount, size, or value
14. to quickly move away from something shocking, frightening, or disgusting
15. a psychiatrist or psychologist
16. to make or become smaller
The sweater shrank when it got wet.
17. to curl up or move back in or as if in fear or pain
Just the thought of all this made Tom shrink back uncomfortably in his chair.
— Andrew Clements, Frindle
18. to refrain from doing something especially because of difficulty or unpleasantness
He did not shrink from telling the truth.
19. a clinical psychiatrist or psychologist — called also headshrinker