shrink
/ˈʃɹɪŋk/ sustantivo B2En español: loquero
- Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
- A psychiatrist or psychotherapist. · You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool.· My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me.
- Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.
Plural shrinks
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
Instantly the wicked woman gave a loud cry of fear, and then, as Dorothy looked at her in wonder, the Witch began to shrink and fall away.
But there, _she_ wouldn’t shrink from adopting a whole orphan asylum if she took it into her head.”
“I knew you would not shrink at the last,” said he, and for a moment I saw something in his eyes which was nearer to tenderness than I had ever seen.
First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about this; “for it might end, you know,” said Alice to herself, “in my going out altogether, like a candle.
Otras coincidencias
Aprende shrink en textos reales
Con una cuenta gratuita, pasa el cursor sobre cualquier palabra de la biblioteca para ver su significado, escúchala en voz alta, guarda palabras para repasarlas al ritmo de tu memoria y descubre cuánto de cada libro ya conoces.