shrinks

1.[i][t]~ (sth)（使）缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way

2.[i][t]（使）缩小，收缩，减少to become or to make sth smaller in size or amount

3.[i]+ adv./prep.退缩；畏缩to move back or away from sth because you are frightened or shocked

a shrinking violet

（指羞怯的人）a way of describing a very shy person

1.皱缩;缩短,收缩

2.退缩,畏缩,害怕

3.变小,减小

4.缩进,拉回

5.使皱缩,弄皱;使缩短

1.皱缩;收缩,缩水;畏缩;退缩

2.精简人员,缩编

1.to become smaller in size; to make something smaller in size

2.to become smaller in amount, value, or range; to make something smaller in amount, value, or range

3.to move back or away from someone or something, especially because you are frightened or nervous

1.a psychiatrist. Some people think that this word does not show respect.