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

Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall
西格弗里德畏缩了，退避到墙根。
He shrank away from her touch.
他往后一缩避开了她的触摸。
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！
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。
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。
Since the fiscal deficit also shrank, the capital outflow soared.
由于政府财政赤字也缩水了，资本外流飙升。
She shrank back with an involuntary gasp.
她不由得倒抽了口冷气，往后退了退。
Some of them shrank back in fear.
有的人害怕，退缩了。
The government reported last week that the Spanish economy shrank by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
西班牙政府上周公布，2011年第四季度西班牙经济萎缩0.3%。