shrunken 音标拼音: [ʃr'ʌŋkən]
a . 缩小的
n .
vbl .
shrink 的过去分词
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shrink 的过去分词
shrunken adj 1 :
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness ;
"
the old woman '
s shriveled skin "; "
he looked shriveled and ill "; "
a shrunken old man "; "
a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws "-
W .
F .
Starkie ; "
he did well despite his withered arm "; "
a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair " [
synonym : {
shriveled }, {
shrivelled },
{
shrunken }, {
withered }, {
wizen }, {
wizened }]
2 :
reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity ; "
our shriveled receipts during the storm "; "
as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled "; "
the dollar '
s shrunken buying power " [
synonym : {
shriveled }, {
shrivelled }, {
shrunken }]
Shrink \
Shrink \,
v .
i . [
imp . {
Shrank }
or {
Shrunk }
p .
p . {
Shrunk }
or {
Shrunken },
but the latter is now seldom used except as a participial adjective ;
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Shrinking }.] [
OE .
shrinken ,
schrinken ,
AS .
scrincan ;
akin to OD .
schrincken ,
and probably to Sw .
skrynka a wrinkle ,
skrynkla to wrinkle ,
to rumple ,
and E .
shrimp ,
n . &
v .,
scrimp .
CF . {
Shrimp }.]
1 .
To wrinkle ,
bend ,
or curl ;
to shrivel ;
hence ,
to contract into a less extent or compass ;
to gather together ;
to become compacted .
[
1913 Webster ]
And on a broken reed he still did stay His feeble steps ,
which shrunk when hard thereon he lay . --
Spenser .
[
1913 Webster ]
I have not found that water ,
by mixture of ashes ,
will shrink or draw into less room . --
Bacon .
[
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Against this fire do I shrink up . --
Shak .
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And shrink like parchment in consuming fire .
--
Dryden .
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All the boards did shrink . --
Coleridge .
[
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2 .
To withdraw or retire ,
as from danger ;
to decline action from fear ;
to recoil ,
as in fear ,
horror ,
or distress .
[
1913 Webster ]
What happier natures shrink at with affright ,
The hard inhabitant contends is right . --
Pope .
[
1913 Webster ]
They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task . --
Jowett (
Thucyd .)
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To express fear ,
horror ,
or pain by contracting the body ,
or part of it ;
to shudder ;
to quake . [
R .] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Shrunken \
Shrunk "
en \,
p .
p . &
a .
from {
Shrink }.
[
1913 Webster ]
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "
shrunken ":
Lilliputian ,
Sanforized ,
Tom Thumb ,
abated ,
ablated ,
atrophied ,
attenuated ,
bated ,
belittled ,
brittle ,
by the board ,
consumed ,
contracted ,
corky ,
curtailed ,
decreased ,
deflated ,
depleted ,
desiccated ,
diminished ,
dissipated ,
dried -
up ,
dropped ,
dumpy ,
dwarf ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
elfin ,
emacerated ,
emaciated ,
eroded ,
expended ,
fallen ,
forfeit ,
forfeited ,
gone ,
incipient ,
irretrievable ,
less ,
lesser ,
long -
lost ,
lost ,
lost to ,
lower ,
lowered ,
meager ,
midget ,
miniaturized ,
nanoid ,
out the window ,
papery ,
parched ,
parchmenty ,
preshrunk ,
pygmy ,
reduced ,
retrenched ,
rudimental ,
rudimentary ,
runty ,
scaled -
down ,
scraggy ,
scrubby ,
sear ,
sere ,
shorn ,
shorter ,
shriveled ,
shriveled up ,
shrunk ,
smaller ,
squandered ,
squat ,
stunted ,
thin ,
undersize ,
undersized ,
used ,
used up ,
wasted ,
wasted away ,
watered -
down ,
weakened ,
weazened ,
wilted ,
withered ,
wizen ,
wizen -
faced ,
wizened ,
worn ,
worn away ,
wrinkled
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