shrink
【收缩、缩小、减少、退缩】
单词:shrink
🔹 发音:
- 美式发音:[ʃrɪŋk]
- 英式发音:[ʃrɪŋk]
1. 释义
shrink 是一个动词,表示收缩、缩小、减少、退缩,可以用于物理上的体积缩小,也可以用于抽象意义上的减少或畏缩。此外,shrink 还可以用作名词,指代心理医生(俚语)。
主要含义:
🔹 作为动词(Verb)
- (尺寸、体积等)缩小,收缩
- 物体变小、缩水或收缩(常用于衣物、金属、木材等)
- 例子:This T-shirt will shrink if you wash it in hot water.
(这件T恤如果用热水洗会缩水。)
- 减少,缩减
- 数量、规模、程度等减少
- 例子:The company's profits have shrunk due to the economic downturn.
(由于经济衰退,这家公司的利润缩减了。)
- 退缩,畏缩(因恐惧、不情愿等)
- 例子:He shrinks from responsibility whenever there is a problem.
(每当有问题时,他就逃避责任。)
- 例子:He shrinks from responsibility whenever there is a problem.
🔹 作为名词(Noun)
- 心理医生(口语、非正式用法)
- 例子:I need to see a shrink to deal with my anxiety.
(我需要去看心理医生来应对我的焦虑。)
- 例子:I need to see a shrink to deal with my anxiety.
2. 词形变化
时态 | 变形 |
---|---|
现在式 | shrink |
过去式 | shrank |
过去分词 | shrunk |
3. 例句
- The wool sweater shrank after being washed.
(羊毛毛衣洗完后缩水了。) - Our savings have shrunk significantly this year.
(我们的存款今年大幅减少。) - She shrank back in fear when she saw the dog.
(她看到那只狗时害怕地退缩了。) - He finally decided to see a shrink about his depression.
(他最终决定去看心理医生来治疗抑郁症。)
4. 相关词汇
词汇 | 含义 | 例句 |
---|---|---|
contract | 收缩(通常指物理或正式的缩减) | The metal contracts when it cools.(金属冷却时会收缩。) |
diminish | 减少,降低(强调程度、影响变小) | His influence diminished over time.(他的影响力随着时间的推移减少了。) |
recede | 后退,逐渐消失(常用于水位、发际线等) | The floodwaters are beginning to recede.(洪水正在消退。) |
wither | (植物、情感等)枯萎、衰退 | The flowers withered in the heat.(花在炎热中枯萎了。) |
5. 总结
- shrink 主要指缩水、缩小、减少或退缩,可以用于衣物、利润、信心等不同方面。
- 俚语中,shrink 也可以指心理医生。
- 过去式是 shrank,过去分词是 shrunk。