shrinking
v. 收縮( shrink的現在分詞 ); (使)縮水; 退縮; 畏縮
If cloth or clothing shrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed.
All my jumpers have shrunk.
我所有的套頭毛衣都縮水了。
If something shrinks or something else shrinks it, it becomes smaller.
The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk...
西非的大片森林面積已縮小了。
Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector.
匈牙利可能不得不降低其縮小國家軍事管制區的期望。
If you shrink away from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them.
One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him...
當我試圖和一個孩子說話時,他避開了我。
Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall...
西格弗裡德畏縮了,退避到牆根。
If you do not shrink from a task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous.
We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible...
我們要想保持誠信可靠,就絕不能避忌武力的合法使用。
They didn't shrink from danger.
他們在危險面前沒有退縮。
A shrink is a psychiatrist.
I've seen a shrink already.
我已經看過心理專家了。
1. process or result of becoming less or smaller;
2. the act of becoming less
The department has been shrinking year by year because of budget cuts.
這個部門因為預算削減而逐年萎縮。
When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet.
他在表達自己的想法時毫不羞怯。
Sony has also led the way in shrinking the size of compact-disc players.
索尼公司在縮小CD播放機的體積方面也處於領先地位。
She purposely made the dress larger to allow for shrinking when it was washed.
她故意把衣服做大一些,以防洗時縮水.
Matsuzawa's findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking.
松澤的發現表明,思考可以防止大腦萎縮.