1. Washing wool in hot water will shrink it. 在热水中洗毛线会使毛线收缩。
2. If the current trends continue, by 2020, the population of Singapore may start to shrink. 如果目前的趋势继续下去，到2020年，新加坡人口可能会开始萎缩。
3. Status of pasture degeneration, desertification, lake area shrink back were stated around Qinghai Lake. Suggestions of improvement Qinghai lake ecology were offered. 阐述了青海湖环湖区草原退化、沙化，湖面退缩的严重状况，提出改善青海湖生态的建议。
英英解释
n.
1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry
2. wither, as with a loss of moisture
3. draw back, as with fear or pain
4. reduce in size; reduce physically
5. become smaller or draw together
6. decrease in size, range, or extent
