Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature. 用温度过高的水洗毛衣，毛衣会缩水。

The company's profits have shrunk from $5.5 million to $1.25 million. 公司利润从550万美元减少到了125万美元。

The productivity improvements have shrunk our costs by 25 percent. 生产率的提高使我们的成本下降了25%。

See also: shrunken More examples

My skirt shrank in the wash.

These trousers must have shrunk - I can't do the zip up.

Have you shrunk? You look so much thinner!

People shrink as they get older.

Unfortunately, the world population of Hawaiian geese has shrunk to very small numbers.

We must not shrink from our responsibilities. 我们一定不能逃避责任。

[ + -ing verb ] We will not shrink from using force. 我们不会放弃使用武力。

shrink

noun [ C ] informal uk/ʃrɪŋk/ us/ʃrɪŋk/

精神病医生

a psychiatrist or psychoanalyst

I was so depressed that I ended up going to see a shrink. 我太郁闷了，最后不得不去找心理医生看看。