1. 1縮小了的、縮水的

    Shrunken means something has already got smaller, or has been made smaller. It is an old past form of shrink, now used mostly as an adjective in front of a noun: a shrunken jumper, shrunken gums, a shrunken head in an old story. The everyday form after has or have is shrunk — “the jumper has shrunk” — and that is what most people say. Though actually, shrunken still sounds right when you are describing the thing as it is now, especially if the smallness feels a bit sad or strange. A shrunk jumper is possible; a shrunken jumper is the one that looks wrong on the . The word is slightly more than shrunk, but not rare. It always looks back at a change that has already happened; it is not the act of shrinking, and it is not (that one is dry and lined, from ).

組成An old -en form of shrink (like break → broken), not a live ending you add to new verbs.

同家族的字

  • shrinkthe verb this comes from
  • shrunkthe more common form after has/have; shrunken is the one you put before a noun

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

shrunkenadj/ˈʃɹʌŋkən/

  • 1

    Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shrivelled.

    • A shriveled and shrunken appearance.

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