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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.contract; shrink
那套衣服缩得走了样。
The suit has shrunk out of shape.
这种布下水不缩。
This cloth won't shrink when it's washed.
把这一段缩成几句话。
Compress this paragraph into a few sentences.
antonym
- 2
v.draw back; withdraw; recoil
他把身子一缩。
He shrank back.
敌人缩回去了。
The enemy has drawn back.
他把手缩回去了。
He withdrew his hand.
- 3
v.economize; contract; retract
节衣缩食
economize on food and clothing
Words and phrases with 缩
- 缩微胶卷[word]microfilm
- 缩合反应[word]condensation reaction
- 缩位拨号[word]abbreviated dialling
- 缩入[word]retraction
- 缩进[word]indentation
- 缩减[word]cut
- 缩图[word]contracted drawing
- 缩醛化[word]acetalation
- 缩水[word]shrink; reduce
- 缩手缩脚[idiom]be pinched with cold; overcautious
- 缩手旁观[idiom]watch from the sideline without interfering
- 缩头缩脑[idiom]be timid; shrink/flinch from responsibility
- 缩成一团[idiom]be huddled up
- 缩衣节食[idiom]economize on food and clothing