shrank

英 [ʃræŋk]

美 [ʃræŋk]

v. (使)缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩; (使)缩小，减少; 退缩; 畏缩
shrink的过去式

柯林斯词典

This coat shrank badly in the first wash.
这件衣服刚洗了头水就缩了好多。
By inventing the telephone, he opened the age of telecommunications and shrank the world.
发明了电话，他开的年龄缩水电信和世界。
The government reported last week that the Spanish economy shrank by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
西班牙政府上周公布，2011年第四季度西班牙经济萎缩0.3%。
After treatment with gemcitabine and CD40 antibody, the tumors shrank in30% of the animals.
采用吉西他滨和CD40抗体治疗后，30%的小鼠肿瘤瘤体缩小。
His linen sock fell over board in the water and shrank.
他的亚麻布制的袜子落到了甲板的水上，收缩了。
He never shrank from difficulty.
他在困难面前向来不二乎。
He shrank back ( in shame, horror, etc.).
他把身子一缩。
She shrank back with an involuntary gasp.
她不由得倒抽了口冷气，往后退了退。
Some of them shrank back in fear.
有的人害怕，退缩了。
G: your laundry service shrank my sweater!
旅客：你们的洗衣服务部把我的毛衣洗缩水了！