shrank

英 [ʃræŋk]

美 [ʃræŋk]

v. (使)缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩; (使)缩小，减少; 退缩; 畏缩
shrink的过去式

柯林斯词典

By inventing the telephone, he opened the age of telecommunications and shrank the world.
发明了电话，他开的年龄缩水电信和世界。
He shrank back ( in shame, horror, etc.).
他把身子一缩。
His sweater shrank when washed in hot water.
他的毛衣放到热水里一洗就缩小了。
She shrank back with an involuntary gasp.
她不由得倒抽了口冷气，往后退了退。
After peaking at$ 290000 million in1992, the federal budget steadily shrank as economic growth increased tax revenues.
由于经济增长提高了税收收入，联邦财政预算赤字在1992年达到2900亿美元的顶峰之后稳步缩减。
He shrank from the difficulties.
在困难面前，他退缩不前了。
G: your laundry service shrank my sweater!
旅客：你们的洗衣服务部把我的毛衣洗缩水了！
Portugal shrank 0.7%, following positive numbers in the preceding nine months.
连续9个月保持正增长的葡萄牙经济收缩了0.7%。
The economy shrank and inflation zoomed
经济萎缩，通货膨胀加剧。
In 2012 the working-age population of China shrank for the first time.
2012年，中国劳动年龄人口出现了首次下降。