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

He shrank from the difficulties.
在困难面前，他退缩不前了。
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%。
He caught hold of her hands, but she shrank back.
他捉住她的两只手，但是，她往后退缩着。
His linen sock fell over board in the water and shrank.
他的亚麻布制的袜子落到了甲板的水上，收缩了。
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。
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。
GDP for the 17-country area shrank 0.2 per cent in the second quarter.
有17个成员国的欧元区的GDP在第二季度收缩0.2%。
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 never shrank from difficulty.
他在困难面前向来不二乎。
He shrank away from her touch.
他往后一缩避开了她的触摸。