1.[i][t]~ (sth)（使）缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way
My sweater shrank in the wash.我的毛衣缩水了。
2.[i][t]（使）缩小，收缩，减少to become or to make sth smaller in size or amount
The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea.肿瘤已缩小到豌豆大小。
The market for their products is shrinking.市场对他们产品的需求在减少。
There was a movie called ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’.有部电影名叫《亲爱的，我把孩子缩小了》。
Television in a sense has shrunk the world.从某种意义上说，电视把世界缩小了。
3.[i]+ adv./prep.退缩；畏缩to move back or away from sth because you are frightened or shocked
He shrank back against the wall as he heard them approaching.听见他们朝这边来，他退到墙根。
1.精神病学家；心理学家a psychiatrist or psychologist
Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way.
他兴奋地进行着准备工作，为这个计划装备了一支看起来很强大的军队，他们装备了收缩射线，冰冻射线，以及陆战、空战设备。
I wonder if it can shrink to a teeny, tiny speck and may be a huge monster trying to put it on.
我禁不住纳闷，它是否能缩小到可以忽略不计而只有魔鬼才能穿进去的地步。
Wild optimism about economic growth is at the heart of the Obama administration's plans to shrink the federal budget deficit.
奥巴马政权缩减财赤计划的核心之所在是对经济增长的胡乱乐观。
She turned to leave and I noticed the shrink of her shoulders.
她转身离开了，我看见她畏缩的双肩。
And for the leaders in Bejing to shrink and wince and draw back in the presence of these individuals and their ideas sends a clear message.
北京的领导人对他们的催促显的畏畏缩缩，并不让这些人抛头露面，政府的以对理念给外界发出了一个清晰的信号。
Our minds, like muscles, stretch or shrink, depending on how much or how little we exercise them.
我们的思想就如肌肉，是伸展还是收缩，要视乎我们是否经常训练它。
Michigan, with its long-suffering car industry, was the only state to see its population shrink over the decade, albeit by less than 1%.
密歇根州的汽车工业长期不振，也是过去10年中唯一一个人口下降的州，尽管减少的比例不到1%。
Unless some new laws of physics intervene, the matter will shrink down to a singular point.
除非有某些新的物理定律起作用，否则物质将一直收缩到奇点。
Lots of things, are easy to be done, do not shrink, just to get more confidences.
其实很多事情，都很容易办的，不要畏缩，给自己点自信就行。
As he was about to leave after the second visit, I put my hand his shoulder. He didn't shrink back, but he didn't look at me either.
他第二次来后，在他将要离开的时候，我将手放在他的肩上，他没有退缩着躲开，也没有看我一眼。
Problems grow in the dark and become bigger and bigger, but when exposed to the light of truth, they shrink.
难题在暗处会变大，但在真理的光照下，它便缩小。
At present, the use of shrink film packaging and shrink-label to expand the market, open market is no longer just a small company's patent.
目前，使用收缩膜包装和收缩标签，以扩大市场，开放市场，不再只是一个小公司的专利。
And a unionised workforce will have to shrink without employees being offered big financial inducements to leave.
随着雇员被巨大的诱惑吸引主动离职，公会的力量也将被削弱。
She felt that she must lean toward him, and resisted by an effort. Then, too, there was the counter impulse to shrink away from him.
她感到必须向他靠近，却也遭到抵抗，有一种反冲动逼使她退缩开去。
But like a melting ice cube, the bank's franchise value would rapidly shrink as depositors, counterparties and staff all left.
但如同冰块融化般，银行的特许价值会随着储户、订约方和工作人员的离去急速收缩。
"You want me to see a shrink? " My voice was a shade sharper as I realized what he was getting at.
“你让我去看心理医生？”当我弄明白他的意图之后，我说话的音调变得尖利。
So compress, repack, and shrink might be able to reduce the total number of extents for a partition, just like the defragmenter.
因此，压缩、重新打包、和收缩可能会像碎片整理程序一样，能够减少分区总的区段数量。
In order to determine how much to grow (or shrink) the child and the margins, use the Glue1D. place method.
为了确定child与边距要增长（或缩小）多少，使用Glue1D.place方法。
Seen through the surrounding skyline of generic glass-and-steel towers, it sometimes seems to shrink to the size of a child's toy.
从普通的周围的角度看是一个玻璃和钢铁的塔，它有时看上去又是一个缩小了的小孩的玩具。
However, when you come face to face with him, the goalmouth seems to shrink to a tiny size.
但是当你面对他这样一位伟大的门将时，连球门似乎都小了许多。
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