shrinking

/shringk/US // ʃrɪŋk //UK // (ʃrɪŋk) //

缩减,缩水,萎缩,收缩

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
shrank [shrangk] /ʃræŋk/ or, often, shrunk [shruhngk]; /ʃrʌŋk/; shrunk or shrunk·en [shruhng-kuhn]; /ˈʃrʌŋ kən/; shrink·ing.
- : to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- : to contract or lessen in size, as from exposure to conditions of temperature or moisture: This cloth will not shrink if washed in lukewarm water.
- : to become reduced in extent or scope.

v.有主动词 verb

1
shrank [shrangk] /ʃræŋk/ or, often, shrunk [shruhngk]; /ʃrʌŋk/; shrunk or shrunk·en [shruhng-kuhn]; /ˈʃrʌŋ kən/; shrink·ing.
- : to cause to shrink or contract; reduce.
- : Textiles. to cause to contract during finishing, thus preventing shrinkage, during laundering, of the garments made from it.

n.名词 noun

adj.shy

Synonyms

Antonyms

My shrink says we don’t get what we want, we get what we think we deserve.
Grocery bags and shrink wrap are too flimsy, prone to getting tangled up with other materials on a conveyor belt.
The FAST services are unlikely to see their ad revenue shrink this year, but their ad revenue growth may slow and their share of streaming ad dollars may narrow as more of the new money moving into streaming goes to the likes of Hulu and HBO Max.
Reducing shrink is of course one way to drive down costs, and driving down costs is a basic tenet of the Amazon business model.
Not surprising, now that we paid more attention to it, we’re reducing our shrink pretty much in all those areas.
For days, the ruble has been falling and salaries shrinking; shoppers have rushed to snap up TV sets and washing machines.
Mr. Wynd said the shrinking process includes filling the head with hot sand and boiling it with herbs.
For the first time in American history, rural areas are shrinking.
The already-tiny group of volunteers and health-care workers in West Africa is shrinking.
Shrinking ad revenue in the digital era has caused outlets to scale back on everything.
We were shown how the bowl or vase was burned, shrinking to nearly half its size in the process.
Ida sat down gasping, when her companion stopped, and gazed with an instinctive shrinking into the gulf below.

/shringk/US // ʃrɪŋk //UK // (ʃrɪŋk) //

缩减,缩水,萎缩,收缩

v.无主动词 verb

1
shrank [shrangk] /ʃræŋk/ or, often, shrunk [shruhngk]; /ʃrʌŋk/; shrunk or shrunk·en [shruhng-kuhn]; /ˈʃrʌŋ kən/; shrink·ing.
- : to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- : to contract or lessen in size, as from exposure to conditions of temperature or moisture: This cloth will not shrink if washed in lukewarm water.
- : to become reduced in extent or scope.

v.有主动词 verb

1
shrank [shrangk] /ʃræŋk/ or, often, shrunk [shruhngk]; /ʃrʌŋk/; shrunk or shrunk·en [shruhng-kuhn]; /ˈʃrʌŋ kən/; shrink·ing.
- : to cause to shrink or contract; reduce.
- : Textiles. to cause to contract during finishing, thus preventing shrinkage, during laundering, of the garments made from it.

n.名词 noun

adj.shy

Synonyms

Antonyms

My shrink says we don’t get what we want, we get what we think we deserve.
Grocery bags and shrink wrap are too flimsy, prone to getting tangled up with other materials on a conveyor belt.
The FAST services are unlikely to see their ad revenue shrink this year, but their ad revenue growth may slow and their share of streaming ad dollars may narrow as more of the new money moving into streaming goes to the likes of Hulu and HBO Max.
Reducing shrink is of course one way to drive down costs, and driving down costs is a basic tenet of the Amazon business model.
Not surprising, now that we paid more attention to it, we’re reducing our shrink pretty much in all those areas.
For days, the ruble has been falling and salaries shrinking; shoppers have rushed to snap up TV sets and washing machines.
Mr. Wynd said the shrinking process includes filling the head with hot sand and boiling it with herbs.
For the first time in American history, rural areas are shrinking.
The already-tiny group of volunteers and health-care workers in West Africa is shrinking.
Shrinking ad revenue in the digital era has caused outlets to scale back on everything.
We were shown how the bowl or vase was burned, shrinking to nearly half its size in the process.
Ida sat down gasping, when her companion stopped, and gazed with an instinctive shrinking into the gulf below.