shrink

英文釋義

to become smaller, especially in hot water

例句

• 情態助動詞後 · 第 1 態This jumper will shrink if you wash it hot.
• 否定句 · 第 1 態Don’t worry, cotton sheets won’t shrink much.
• 過去式 · 第 2 態Yesterday my favourite T-shirt shrank in the wash.
• 過去式 · 第 2 態Last year the company shrank from 500 staff to 200.
• 現在完成式 · 第 3 態My jeans have shrunk — or I’ve put on weight!
• 過去完成式 · 第 3 態By 2010 the lake had shrunk to half its size.

注意

同類變化

A — B — C三態各不相同