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shrunk

UK //ʃrʌŋk//US //ʃrʌŋk//

词源

源自中古英语 'schrinken',与古高地德语 'scrinchan' 相关,意为收缩或变小。

verb

❶ shrunk 是 shrink 的过去分词形式,表示某物因受热、潮湿或其他原因而变小或收缩。

“The sweater has shrunk in the wash.”

(这件毛衣洗后缩水了。)

“The plastic bottle shrunk when exposed to heat.”

(塑料瓶受热后收缩了。)

同义词:contracted, diminished, reduced

常见短语

shrunk down — 指某物被缩小或减少到更小的尺寸或程度。

“The document was shrunk down to fit on one page.”

(文件被缩小到一页纸上。)