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shrink1 /ʃrɪŋk/ ●●○ verb (past tensepst shrank /ʃræŋk/, past participlepp shrunk /ʃrʌŋk/) 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SMALL to become smaller, or to make something smaller, through the effects of heat or water (使)缩小,(使)收缩 I’m worried about...
From Longman Business Dictionaryshrink/ʃrɪŋk/verb(past tenseshrank/ʃræŋk/,past participleshrunk/ʃrʌŋk/)1[intransitive]to become smaller in amount, size, or valueThe economy is expected to shrink slightly.In the past decade, the number of employees has shrunk 30%.Compa...
Sometimes the rains fail and the rivers shrink or dry up. Be generous, as the tomatoes will shrink as they cook. 2. 'shrank' The past tense of shrink is shrank, not 'shrinked' or 'shrunk'. The past participle is shrunk. Last year the economy shrank by 7 per cent. Their workforce ...
past tenseshrank past participleshrunk 1 [intransitive and transitive] to become smaller, or to make something smaller, through the effects of heat or water I'm worried about washing that shirt in case itshrinks. 2 [intransitive and transitive]to become or to make something smaller in amount,...
By 1640s as "lean end of a cut of meat," hence "neck" (18c.) and thence a range of slang verbal terms for "to strangle, to hang; to kill" in 19c.-20c. shrank past tense ofshrink(v.). shrinkage(n.) 1713, "act or fact of shrinking, contraction of a material to a smaller...
Shrank is usually the best choice when you want the past tense of shrink ('I shrank my shirt in the dryer'). Use shrunk when you want the past participle ('I have shrunk my shirt in the dryer'). Shrunken is typically only an adjective ('I left my shrunken shirt in the dryer'). ...
Old English scrincan "to draw in the limbs, contract, shrivel up; wither, pine away" (class III strong verb; past tense scranc, past participle scruncen), from Proto-Germanic *skrink- (cognates: Middle Dutch schrinken), probably from PIE root *(s)ker- (3) "to turn, bend" (see ...
Del Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshrink1/ʃrɪŋk/●●○verb(past tenseshrank/ʃræŋk/,past participleshrunk/ʃrʌŋk/)1[intransitive, transitive]to become smaller, or to make something smaller, through the effects ofheator waterI’m worried about washing that shirt...
Sometimes the rains fail and the rivers shrink or dry up. Be generous, as the tomatoes will shrink as they cook. 2. 'shrank' The past tense of shrink is shrank, not 'shrinked' or 'shrunk'. The past participle is shrunk. Last year the economy shrank by 7 per cent. Their workforce ...