| 词组 | shrink |
| 释义 | shrink If something shrinks, it becomes smaller. Sometimes the rains fail and the rivers shrink or dry up. I wondered if people really did shrink with age. ◊ 'shrank' The past tense of 'shrink' is shrank, not 'shrinked' or 'shrunk'. Several other East African lakes shrank dramatically at about the same time. If demand for a commodity increased, or the supply shrank, then the price went up. ◊ 'shrunk' The past participle is shrunk. Their workforce of 25,000 has shrunk to 8,000. ◊ 'shrunken' Shrunken is an adjective, used in front of a noun. A shrunken thing or person has become smaller. ...old women selling shrunken baboon heads. ...a shrunken old man. |
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