shrink
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To cause to become smaller.
The dryer shrank my sweater.
- 2.
(intransitive)To become smaller; to contract.
This garment will shrink when wet.
- 3.
(intransitive)To cower or flinch.
Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.
- 4.
(transitive)To draw back; to withdraw.
- 5.
(figuratively, intransitive)To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
- 6.
(intransitive)To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
- 2.
(derogatory, slang, sometimes)(slang, sometimes derogatory) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool.
My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me.
Đồng nghĩa: head-shrinker, shrinker
- 3.
(uncountable)(uncountable, business) Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.
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ine-pro From Middle English schrynken, from Old English sċrincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Cognate with schrinken to shrink.