shrink

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※ 提供单词"shrink"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

shrink 收缩，缩小，缩水

来自古英语 scrincan,收缩，枯萎，凋谢，来自 Proto-Germanic*skrink,收缩，来自 PIE*sker, 弯，转，词源同 ring,curve,scrimp.引申词义缩小，缩水等。

shrink (v.): Old English scrincan "to draw in the limbs, contract, shrivel up; wither, pine away" (class III strong verb; past tense scranc, past participle scruncen), from Proto-Germanic *skrink- (cognates: Middle Dutch schrinken), probably from PIE root *(s)ker- (3) "to turn, bend" (see ring (n.1)).

Originally with causal shrench (compare drink/drench). Sense of "become reduced in size" recorded from late 13c. The meaning "draw back, recoil" (early 14c.) perhaps was suggested by the behavior of snails. Transitive sense, "cause to shrink" is from late 14c. Shrink-wrap is attested from 1961 (shrinking-wrap from 1959). Shrinking violet "shy person" attested from 1882.
shrink (n.): "an act of shrinking," 1580s, from shrink (v.). Slang meaning "psychiatrist," (1966) is from head-shrinker.

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1. Alistair saw Henry shrink, as if the words had touched a nerve.: 阿利斯泰尔看到亨利向后缩了一下，好像那些话触到了他的痛处。

2. There was a general acceptance that the defence budget would shrink.: 人们普遍相信国防预算将会缩减。