1.to withdraw2.to pull back3.to contract4.to shrink+3 条+4 条 to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
1.abbreviation2.to abridge
1.to pull back2.to shrink3.to contract4.(physiology) systole+1 条 1.to concentrate; to condense2.(nuclear energy) to enrich3.espresso coffee (abbr. for 意式浓缩咖啡[yì shì nóng suō kā fēi])
1.to wither2.to dry up (of a plant)3.to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
1.to curl up2.to huddle3.to cower4.cringing+1 条 to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil
1.to shrink (in the wash)2.fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
1.miniature version of sth2.microcosm3.epitome4.(Tw) to microfilm+1 条 1.to lengthen and shorten2.flexible3.adjustable4.retractable+2 条+3 条 1.(economics) to reduce2.to curtail3.to cut back4.to tighten+3 条+4 条 bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
1.to curl up shivering (from cold)2.timid and trembling (in fear)3.to shrink4.to cower+1 条 1.to withdraw2.to hole up
节衣缩食節衣縮食HSK 7–9 to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
thermal expansion and contraction
1.to condense2.to concentrate3.compression4.concentration+1 条 1.compact2.micro-3.miniature4.to miniaturize+1 条 (medicine) (verb and noun) contracture
1.to wrinkle2.wrinkled up
1.abbreviation2.short form
to reprint (a book etc) in a smaller format
1.scaling2.resizing3.zoom (graphics)
1.to contract2.to abbreviate3.abbreviation
1.to tighten2.to contract3.to shrink in
1.to retreat into; to draw back into2.(typography) to indent
(economics) deflation (abbr. for 通货紧缩[tōng huò jǐn suō])
(computing) compressed archive file
heat shrink tubing (aka heatshrink) (shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires)
compact edition (of a dictionary etc)
1.abbreviated word2.acronym
1.to decompress2.decompression (esp. computer)
(computing) lossy compression