Co lại, rút lại, ngắn lại; co vào, rút vào

this cloth shrink in the wash

vải này giặt sẽ co

to shrink into oneself

co vào cái vỏ ốc của mình

Lùi lại, lùi bước, chùn lại

to shrink from difficulties

lùi bước trước khó khăn

a shrinking violet

(đùa cợt) con người nhút nhát, người hay xấu hổ

shrink from somethingdoing something

lưỡng lự làm cái gì

Làm co (vải...)

Sự co lại

(từ Mỹ, nghĩa Mỹ) (đùa cợt) bác sĩ tâm thần

làm co

hét

co (lại)

co ngót

chilling shrink

co ngót do lạnh

heat-shrink tube

ống co ngót nóng

shrink hole

lỗ rỗ do co ngót

shrink-resistance

chống co ngót

co rút

ngót

chilling shrink

co ngót do lạnh

heat-shrink tube

ống co ngót nóng

holding shrink

khô ngót do bảo quản

shrink head

đậu ngót

shrink hole

lỗ rỗ do co ngót

shrink-resistance

chống co ngót

total shrink

tổn thất khô ngót tổng

dúm

sự co

sự co ngót

rút lại

sự rút lại

V.

Wither, shrivel (up), contract: My woollen pullovershrank because you washed it in hot water.

Often, shrinkfrom. withdraw (from), draw back, recoil (from), back away(from), retreat (from), cower, cringe, flinch, shy away (from),wince, balk (at): Once committed to a responsibility, nothingcould persuade Ella to shrink from it.

V. & n.

V. (past shrank; past part. shrunk or (esp. asadj.) shrunken) 1 tr. & intr. make or become smaller; contract,esp. by the action of moisture, heat, or cold.

Intr. (usu.foll. by from) a retire; recoil; flinch; cower (shrank from hertouch). b be averse from doing (shrinks from meeting them).

(as shrunken adj.) (esp. of a face, person, etc.) having grownsmaller esp. because of age, illness, etc.

N.

The act oran instance of shrinking; shrinkage.

Sl. a psychiatrist (from'head-shrinker').

Shrinkable adj. shrinker n. shrinkinglyadv. shrink-proof adj. [OE scrincan: cf. skrynka to wrinkle]