| 单词 | shrinkage |
| 释义 | shrinkage (once / 8881 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY shrinkage: shrinkages+/shrink: shrank, shrinkable, shrinkage, shrinking, shrinks, shrunk/shrinkable: unshrinkable/shrinking: shrinkings, unshrinking/unshrinking: unshrinkingly USAGE EXAMPLESA similar shrinkage is seen in early childhood and during adolescence. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) But despite the severe shrinkage of muni fund assets, the short-term financial needs of state and local government entities was little changed. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) This is the first shrinkage in the economy since early 2011. BBC(Dec 06, 2016) 1 1n process or result of becoming less or smaller the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage Syn|Hypo|Hyper shrinking compression, condensation, contraction the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together coarctation, constrictiontight or narrow compression decrease, drop-off, lessening a change downward 2n the amount by which something shrinks 2Hyper decrease, decrement the amount by which something decreases n the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store Syn|Hyper shoplifting larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving the act of taking something from someone unlawfully |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。