縮（縮）suō
Ⅰ ? ? （收縮） contract; shrink: 熱脹冷 ～ expand with heat and contract with cold; 那套衣服 ～ 得走了樣。 The suit has shrunk out of shape. 這種布下水不 ～。 This cloth won't shrink when it's washed.
? （退縮） draw back; withdraw; recoil: 把手 ～ 回 withdraw one's hand back; 冷得 ～ 成一團(tuán) huddle oneself up with cold; 敵人 ～ 回去了。 The enemy has drawn back. 他把身子一 ～。 He shrank back (in shame, horror, etc.).
? （減縮） economize: 節(jié)衣 ～ 食 economize on food and clothing Ⅱ ? （姓氏） a surname: ～ 高 Suo Gao
另見 see also sù。
◆縮編 cut down on staff number；
縮編本 abridged edition；
縮并[短] contraction; rejuvenation; transvection；
縮成一團(tuán) cuddle up in a heap — keep close together; be huddled up; huddle oneself up；
縮尺 contraction rule; shrinkage rule; shrink rule; reduced scale; scale；
縮短 shorten; curtail; cut down; cut; take-up; tuck; foreshortening; contraction; shortening; curtailing; shrinkage; shrinking；
縮放儀 pantograph；
縮合 {化} condensation；
縮減 reduce; cut; run-down; decrement; economization; reduction; reducing; diminution; lessening; impansion；
縮聚 polycondensation; condensation polymerization；
縮口 throat；
縮手 draw back one's hand; shrink (from doing sth.)；
縮手縮腳 shrink with cold; be overcautious; shrink from doing sth.; become irresolute and passive; not dare to act boldly; timid and flinching；
縮水 shrink；
縮頭蟲 bamboo worm; maldanid；
縮頭縮腦 recoil in fear; be timid; be fainthearted; shrink from responsibility；
縮微 micro；
縮微膠卷 microfilm; microfilm strip；
縮微（膠）片 microform; microfilm; filmcard; bibliofilm；
縮小 reduce; lessen; narrow; shrink; reduction; contraction; minification; diminution；
縮寫 {語} abbreviation; abridge；
縮印 reprint books in a reduced format；
縮影 epitome; miniature