shrink
单词辨析：
多指因受热、遇水等而收缩或变小，也指数量、体积、价值等变小。
My shirt shrank when it was washed.
我的衬衫洗后缩水了。
Will this detergent shrink wool clothes?
这种洗涤剂会使毛织品缩水吗?
The staff of the company shrank to only six people.
这家公司的员工减少到只剩6个人了。
指物体因受冷等而收缩体积，也指经济、市场等缩小。
When air is heated, it expands and when air is cooled, it contracts.
空气遇热时膨胀，变冷时收缩。
The cold weather made the cement in the walls contract until it finally cracked.
寒冷的天气使墙上的水泥收缩，直至最后开裂。
The manufacturing industry has contracted by 1.5% since last year.
自去年起，制造业已经萎缩了1.5%。
指因不喜欢或害怕某物而突然向后退，常用于 recoil from sb/sth 或recoil at sth 结构中。
She recoiled in horror at the sight of a snake.
她一看见蛇就吓得往后缩。
Why did he recoil from her touch?
为什么她一碰他，他便往后缩？
We shouldn't recoil in the face of difficulty.
遇到困难我们不应该畏缩不前。
She recoiled in horror when she saw the state he was in.
看到他那个样子，她吓得直往后缩。
指因害怕而蜷缩，常后接介词 against/under。
The little boy would cower under the table when there was lightning.
一有闪电，这个小男孩就蜷缩到桌子底下。
His father cowered against the wall.
他父亲蜷缩在墙根儿。
His dog was cowering in a corner.
他的狗蜷缩在角落里。
指由于疼痛、害怕或烦恼而退缩或躲开，常用于 flinch at sth 或 flinch away from sb/sth 结构中。
Separated from his mother for such a long time, the boy flinched away from her when she tried to give him a hug.
由于分开了太长时间，当妈妈想拥抱他时，小男孩退缩着躲开了。
He flinched at the sight of the dog.
他一见到那条狗就往后退。
尤指因恐惧而退缩，通常后接副词 away/back。
The thief shrank back against the wall when he heard the police approaching.
听到警察朝这边走过来，小偷退到墙根儿。
The king's anger made his ministers shrink away from him.
国王大发脾气，大臣们纷纷退避。
She shrank away from his touch.
她往后一缩避开了他的触摸。
相关例句：
Is this guaranteed not to shrink when washed?
这洗了以后保证不会缩水吗？
Woollen fabrics shrink in the wash.
毛织物一洗要缩水。
They didn't shrink from danger.
他们在危险面前没有退缩。
This cloth does not shrink in the wash.
这块布洗了不会缩水。
One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him
当我试图和一个孩子说话时，他避开了我。
We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible
我们要想保持诚信可靠，就绝不能避忌武力的合法使用。