shrink

英 [?r??k] 美[?r??k]
  • n. n.收縮；畏縮；精神病學(xué)家
  • vt. 使縮小，使收縮
  • vi. .收縮；畏縮
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詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?shrinks;第三人稱單數(shù):?shrinks;過去式:?shrank;?shrunk;過去分詞:?shrunk;?shrunken;現(xiàn)在分詞:?shrinking;

助記提示

1. shrivel 和 shrink 它們音近形近義近，并且它們似乎都來源于北歐語中音近形近義近的單詞，因此它們很可能具有同源性，或者具有近親關(guān)系。
2. 根據(jù)音近義通的一般原理和單詞的詞源信息而得出的猜測。
3. s- "intensive prefix" + *crink (from crinkle, crinkle => *crink, cringe => *crink) => *scrink => shrink. (probably from PIE root *ker-/*sker- "turn, bend").

分析：shr——“輸入、吸入”的拼音首字母；ink——墨水。
記憶：輸入瓶子里的墨水在逐漸減少。鋼筆吸入墨水后，墨水瓶里的墨水收縮、減少了。

中文詞源

shrink 收縮，縮小，縮水

來自古英語 scrincan,收縮，枯萎，凋謝，來自 Proto-Germanic*skrink,收縮，來自 PIE*sker, 彎，轉(zhuǎn)，詞源同 ring,curve,scrimp.引申詞義縮小，縮水等。

英文詞源

shrink (v.)
Old English scrincan "to draw in the limbs, contract, shrivel up; wither, pine away" (class III strong verb; past tense scranc, past participle scruncen), from Proto-Germanic *skrink- (cognates: Middle Dutch schrinken), probably from PIE root *(s)ker- (3) "to turn, bend" (see ring (n.1)).

Originally with causal shrench (compare drink/drench). Sense of "become reduced in size" recorded from late 13c. The meaning "draw back, recoil" (early 14c.) perhaps was suggested by the behavior of snails. Transitive sense, "cause to shrink" is from late 14c. Shrink-wrap is attested from 1961 (shrinking-wrap from 1959). Shrinking violet "shy person" attested from 1882.
shrink (n.)
"an act of shrinking," 1580s, from shrink (v.). Slang meaning "psychiatrist," (1966) is from head-shrinker.

雙語例句

1. Alistair saw Henry shrink, as if the words had touched a nerve.
阿利斯泰爾看到亨利向后縮了一下，好像那些話觸到了他的痛處。

來自柯林斯例句

2. There was a general acceptance that the defence budget would shrink.
人們普遍相信國防預(yù)算將會縮減。

來自柯林斯例句

3. I've seen a shrink already.
我已經(jīng)看過心理專家了。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Washing wool in hot water will shrink it.
在熱水中洗毛織品會使其縮水.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Will this soap shrink woolen clothes?
這種肥皂會使毛織品縮水 嗎 ?

來自《簡明英漢詞典》