shrinkの意味・使い方・発音

shrink

英 [ʃrɪŋk] 美 [ʃrɪŋk]

shrink シュリンク、縮む、縮む。

古英語のscincan（縮む、枯れる）から、原語ゲルマン語*skrink（縮む）から、PIE*sker（曲げる、回す）から、語源的にはリング、カーブ、スクリンプと同じ。

shrink (v.): Old English scrincan "to draw in the limbs, contract, shrivel up; wither, pine away" (class III strong verb; past tense scranc, past participle scruncen), from Proto-Germanic *skrink- (cognates: Middle Dutch schrinken), probably from PIE root *(s)ker- (3) "to turn, bend" (see ring (n.1)).

Originally with causal shrench (compare drink/drench). Sense of "become reduced in size" recorded from late 13c. The meaning "draw back, recoil" (early 14c.) perhaps was suggested by the behavior of snails. Transitive sense, "cause to shrink" is from late 14c. Shrink-wrap is attested from 1961 (shrinking-wrap from 1959). Shrinking violet "shy person" attested from 1882.
shrink (n.): "an act of shrinking," 1580s, from shrink (v.). Slang meaning "psychiatrist," (1966) is from head-shrinker.

1. Alistair saw Henry shrink ，as if the words had touched a nerve.: アリステアはヘンリーが後ろに縮こまっているのを見て、その話が彼の痛いところに触れたようだ。

2.There was a general acceptance that the defence budget would shrink .: 人々は国防予算が削減されると信じている。