| 单词 | shrink |
| 释义 | shrink (once / 189 pages) 1v 2n Shrink is the informal word you can use to talk about a therapist. Talking about your problems with her can hopefully help you shrink them, or make them smaller. The word shrink is related to the Swedish skrynka meaning "to wrinkle." Think about what happens to a lone forgotten fruit at the bottom of your fridge drawer. After a while, it begins to wrinkle or shrink. Clothes washed in hot water tend to shrink, so be wary of the setting on your washing machine. The use of shrink as referring to therapists started as late as the 1960s — with the idea of a psychologist being a "head-shrinker." WORD FAMILYshrink: shrank, shrinkable, shrinkage, shrinking, shrinks, shrunk+/shrinkable: unshrinkable/shrinkage: shrinkages/shrinking: shrinkings, unshrinking/unshrinking: unshrinkingly USAGE EXAMPLESOnce this technology is commonplace and driverless cars are ubiquitous, those numbers will shrink to a tiny fraction of what they are today. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) It’s interesting that each time we remove a number the solution space shrinks by a factor of about seven. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Unpersuaded by the prospect of sunshine after two days of rain, Baffert yanked Arrogate, thus shrinking an already puny field to a wagering-unfriendly four. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v wither, as with a loss of moisture Syn|Hypo|Hyper shrivel, shrivel up, wither atrophy undergo atrophy blastshrivel or wither or mature imperfectly die back, die downsuffer from a disease that kills shoots dry up, mummifydry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 2v decrease in size, range, or extent His earnings shrank Syn|Hyper shrivel decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 3v reduce in size; reduce physically Hot water will shrink the sweater Can you shrink this image? Syn|Hypo|Hyper reduce reduce, scale down make smaller reefreduce (a sail) by taking in a reef miniaturise, miniaturizedesign or construct on a smaller scale depopulate, desolatereduce in population downsizemake in a smaller size contractmake smaller purse, wrinklegather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker decrease, lessen, minify make smaller 4v become smaller or draw together The fabric shrank The balloon shrank Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper contract stretch become longer by being stretched and pulled expand, spread outextend in one or more directions flex contract decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 5v draw back, as with fear or pain 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, squinch, wince retract, shrink back pull away from a source of disgust or fear move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion n a physician who specializes in psychiatry Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper head-shrinker, psychiatrist Karen Danielsen Horney United States psychiatrist (1885-1952) Karl Theodor JaspersGerman psychiatrist (1883-1969) Charles Frederick MenningerUnited States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953) Karl Augustus MenningerUnited States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990) William Claire MenningerUnited States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966) Harry Stack SullivanUnited States psychiatrist (1892-1949) Sigmund FreudAustrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939) Melanie KleinUnited States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960) Wilhelm ReichAustrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957) alienist a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness analyst, psychoanalysta licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis medical specialist, specialist practices one branch of medicine |
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