shrinkvi.
1. shudder,shiver战栗，发抖。
△ 1H.IV.5.2.72: “Butbe he as he will,yet once ere night / I will embracehim with a soldier's arm (i.e. quibbling on arms) /That he shrink under my courtesy.”(Hotspur will en-gage Prince Harry in a duel of arms.)但是他爱怎样就怎样吧，在天晚之前我要用一个战士的手臂去拥抱他，叫他在我的礼貌之下发抖。
2. give way,retire in battle后退，（在战斗中）撤退。
△1H.VI.4.5.30:“There is no hope that ever I willstay / If the first hour I shrink and run away.”如果我在头一个小时就后退逃跑，以后我就再也没有希望可以坚守。
△1H.VI.4.7.5:“When he perceived me shrink andon my knee,/ His bloody sword he brandished overme，”当他看见我败退跪倒，他就挥舞着带血的宝剑来掩护我。3. desert逃跑。
△R.III.5.3.222 (221): “Under ourtents I'll play the eavesdropper. / To see if any meanto shrink from me.”我要到我们的帐篷下面去偷听一下，看是否有人想从我这里逃跑。(按： To see又作To hear。)
△H.VIII.4.1.106: “However,yet there is no greatbreach; when it comes. / Cranmer will find a friend will not (i.e. who will not) shrink from him.”不过，他们之间还没有很大的裂痕；一旦有什么裂痕，克兰默也能找到一位决不背弃他的朋友。 shrink[ʃriŋk]v.收缩，缩短，畏缩
◇a shrinking violet胆小的人
shrink back before difficulties知难而进
shrink back from退缩，不愿做…回避
shrink from sb.退缩
shrink into oneself缩成一团
‖ shrunk packaging压缩包装
shrinking international market国际市场萎缩
shrinkable adj.shrinkage n.收缩
shrinkage of market市场缩小 |