B2 [ I or T ] to become smaller, or to make something smaller(使)缩小,(使)变小
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My skirt shrank in the wash.
These trousers must have shrunk - I can't do the zip up.
Have you shrunk? You look so much thinner!
People shrink as they get older.
Unfortunately, the world population of Hawaiian geese has shrunk to very small numbers.
[ I usually + adv/prep ] literary to move away from someone or something because you are frightened畏缩,退缩
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