shrinkvi.
1. shudder,shiver戰(zhàn)栗，發(fā)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.)但是他愛(ài)怎樣就怎樣吧，在天晚之前我要用一個(gè)戰(zhàn)士的手臂去擁抱他，叫他在我的禮貌之下發(fā)抖。
2. give way,retire in battle后退，（在戰(zhàn)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.”如果我在頭一個(gè)小時(shí)就后退逃跑，以后我就再也沒(méi)有希望可以堅(jiān)守。
△1H.VI.4.7.5:“When he perceived me shrink andon my knee,/ His bloody sword he brandished overme，”當(dāng)他看見我敗退跪倒，他就揮舞著帶血的寶劍來(lái)掩護(hù)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.”我要到我們的帳篷下面去偷聽一下，看是否有人想從我這里逃跑。(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.”不過(guò)，他們之間還沒(méi)有很大的裂痕；一旦有什么裂痕，克蘭默也能找到一位決不背棄他的朋友。 shrink[?ri?k]v.收縮，縮短，畏縮
◇a shrinking violet膽小的人
shrink back before difficulties知難而進(jìn)
shrink back from退縮，不愿做…回避
shrink from sb.退縮
shrink into oneself縮成一團(tuán)
‖ shrunk packaging壓縮包裝
shrinking international market國(guó)際市場(chǎng)萎縮
shrinkable adj.shrinkage n.收縮
shrinkage of market市場(chǎng)縮小 |