shrinking
萎缩
常用释义
英音[ ʃrɪŋkɪŋ ]
美音[ ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ ]
基本释义
- v. 缩水，收缩；变小，缩小；萎缩；退缩；回避，离开（shrink 的现在分词）
例句
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1·Sony has also led the way in shrinking the size of compact-disc players.索尼公司在缩小CD播放机尺寸方面也处于领先地位。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·Forests are fast shrinking in many developing countries.许多发展中国家的森林正在迅速萎缩。
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3·They have stagnant or shrinking markets for goods and services.它们的商品和服务市场停滞不前或不断萎缩。
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4·She swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly.她吞了其中一块蛋糕，接着，高兴地发现自己马上开始缩小了。
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5·As the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinking and cracking into long columns.几个世纪过去了，岩石冷却、硬化，随后收缩、开裂，变成了长长的石柱。
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6·If you make the changes above and your waistline isn't shrinking, a standup desk may be the answer.如果作了以上改变，而腰围还没有缩小，一台立式电脑桌可能是答案。
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7·In the past 12 months, Nigeria has suffered from a shrinking economy, a sliding currency, and a prolonged fuel shortage.在过去的12个月里，尼日利亚饱受经济萎缩、货币贬值和长期燃料短缺的困扰。
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8·The plants also change shape, shrinking to minimize the surface area through which their remaining water might evaporate.这些植物还会改变形状，萎缩以使表面积最小化，剩余水分正是通过植物表面蒸发掉的。
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9·Shrinking landfill space and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling.垃圾填埋场面积的缩小，以及填埋和焚烧垃圾成本的上升，都在迫使地方政府更深入地研究如何回收利用垃圾。
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10·Now these segments are looking at slower growth curves—or shrinking markets in some cases—as consumers are not as eager to spend money on new gadgets.现在，由于消费者不那么热衷于花钱购买新的小玩意，这些细分市场的增长曲线出现了放缓，在某些情况下甚至出现了市场萎缩。
网络释义
- shrinking machine : 收缩机
- shrinking violet : 羞怯的人；畏首畏尾的人
同义词
adj.
畏缩的；犹豫不决的
同根词
词根：
shrink
shrunken
adj
缩小的，缩拢的
shrink
n
收缩
shrinkage
n
收缩；减低
shrunken
v
收缩，缩短（shrink的过去分词）
shrink
vi
收缩；畏缩
shrink
vt
使缩小，使收缩