shrink

küçülmek, çekmek

Boyut veya miktar bakımından azalmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To become smaller in size or amount.

• This shirt shrinks in hot water.
• The lake shrank during the dry summer.
• Our savings have shrunk since we moved.

Nasıl kullanılır: shrink to something (The group shrank to just five members.); shrink by something (The population shrank by ten percent.)

Eş anlamlılar: contract, decrease

Zıt anlamlılar: grow, expand

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: shrink in size, shrink by half, shrink over time

küçültmek

Bir şeyin boyutunu veya miktarını azaltmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make something smaller in size or amount.

• Heat can shrink this fabric.
• She shrank the image to fit the page.
• Can we shrink the budget without cutting staff?

Nasıl kullanılır: shrink something to something (I shrank the photo to half its original size.)

Eş anlamlılar: reduce

Zıt anlamlılar: enlarge, expand

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: shrink an image, shrink something down, shrink something to

sinmek, irkilmek

Korku veya rahatsızlık yüzünden geri çekilmek ya da vücudunu büzmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To move back or make your body smaller because you are frightened or uncomfortable.

• The boy shrank back in fear.
• She shrank away when he reached for her.
• He shrank into a corner as the shouting grew louder.

Nasıl kullanılır: shrink back from someone/something (The child shrank back from the barking dog.); shrink away from someone/something (She shrank away from his hand.)

Eş anlamlılar: cower, flinch, recoil

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: shrink back, shrink away, shrink from someone

psikolog, psikiyatrist

Ruh sağlığı sorunları olan kişilere yardım eden doktor veya terapist için kullanılan gündelik bir söz.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A doctor or therapist who helps people with mental health problems.

• He sees a shrink every week.
• My shrink helped me manage my fear.
• She has spoken to several shrinks about her problems.

Eş anlamlılar: therapist, psychiatrist, psychologist

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: see a shrink, talk to a shrink, my shrink