When goods are shrink-wrapped, they sit inside a thin plastic skin that has been made to pull tight around them. The usual way is heat: you put the thing in a loose plastic bag or sheet, warm it, and the plastic shrinks until it hugs the shape.

When goods are shrink-wrapped當商品被shrink-wrapped（熱縮膜包裝）的時候 they sit inside a thin plastic skin它們外面裹著一層薄薄的塑膠膜 that has been made to pull tight around them這層膜已經被處理成能緊緊包住它們。 The usual way is heat常見的做法是用熱 you put the thing in a loose plastic bag or sheet把東西放進一個鬆鬆的塑膠袋或塑膠膜裡 warm it加熱它 and the plastic shrinks until it hugs the shape塑膠就會收縮到緊貼著形狀。

You see it on supermarket meat, stacks of bottles, and new toys still on the card.

You see it你會看到 on supermarket meat, stacks of bottles, and new toys still on the card超市的肉、一疊疊的瓶子，還有還裝在卡紙上的新玩具都是這樣。

Shops like it because it keeps the thing clean, stops it sliding around, and shows if someone has already opened it — and though actually, it is also just cheap, and you can still see through it.

Shops like it店家喜歡這種包裝 because it keeps the thing clean因為它能保持東西乾淨 stops it sliding around防止東西滑動 and shows if someone has already opened it而且能看出有沒有被打開過 and though actually不過其實 it is also just cheap它也只是便宜 and you can still see through it而且還是看得穿透。

Here the word is an adjective: shrink-wrapped cheese, a shrink-wrapped pack. It is everyday shop and factory talk, not fancy.

Here the word is an adjective這裡這個字是形容詞 shrink-wrapped cheese, a shrink-wrapped pack例如shrink-wrapped cheese（熱縮膜包裝的起司）、a shrink-wrapped pack（一包熱縮膜包裝的東西）。 It is everyday shop and factory talk這是店家和工廠裡的日常用語 not fancy不是什麼講究的說法。

People have stretched it, too: “shrink-wrapped software” once meant a program you bought in a plastic-wrapped box, not one you downloaded. It is not gift wrap. This plastic is not pretty paper, and the whole point is that it ends up tight.

People have stretched it, too大家也把這個詞用得更廣 "shrink-wrapped software" once meant a program you bought in a plastic-wrapped box「shrink-wrapped software」以前指的是你買一盒塑膠膜包裝的軟體 not one you downloaded而不是下載的軟體。 It is not gift wrap這不是禮物包裝紙。 This plastic is not pretty paper這種塑膠不是漂亮的包裝紙 and the whole point is that it ends up tight重點就在於它最後要包得緊緊的。