Definition of shrinkage in English:

shrinkage

noun ˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒ

mass noun

1The process, fact, or amount of shrinking.
收缩；皱缩；缩水
give long curtains good hems to allow for shrinkage
考虑到缩水，长窗帘的折边要做得宽些。
Example sentencesExamples
- Weight, shrinkage, strength and other properties depend on the moisture content of wood.
- This controls shrinkage without loss of strength or elastic recovery.
- A dense wood will have proportionally more elasticity and resistance, but also a greater margin of shrinkage and swelling.
- Dry-clean this natural fiber to avoid excessive shrinkage.
- Also, how much shrinkage should be expected in the floor slab?
- At the beginning of the process, for moderate external glucose concentrations, small shrinkages were observed and vesicle shapes remained quasispherical.
- It could also cause color bleeding, shrinkage, and browning.
- Other researchers have suggested that shrinkage occurs when there are long distances between pastures and weighing facilities.
- Most of the garments were made of viscose fabric base, bio-degradable and 100 per cent shrinkage free.
- Slightly overfill the crack to allow for shrinkage.
- At low compaction water contents, shrinkage decreases with increasing compactive effort.
- This is because cotton denim has residual shrinkage and will continue to shrink with each successive wash.
- Formation of shrinkage cracks allows water infiltration that weakens the subgrade, which may lead to further fatigue cracking in the pavement structure.
- There is evidence that heating collagenous tissue causes tissue shrinkage through collagen denaturation.
- There is no need to be concerned about carpet damage such as browning, shrinkage, buckling, delaminating, and mildew.
- Some fabrics have what is called progressive shrinkage.
- An example would be dry, warm, or windy conditions that cause excessive shrinkage and cracking in overlays.
- Without regularly spaced contraction joints, this shrinkage will result in random cracking.
Synonyms
shrinking, reduction in size
1. 1.1 An allowance made for reduction in the takings of a business due to wastage or theft.
  （企业收入的）损耗容许量
  Example sentencesExamples
  None of those shrinkages includes the work that I do, but one of the programmes in which I teach is still being reviewed.
  It is simply a fact of organizational life: growth is more attractive than shrinkage.
  A depressed stock market accounts for part of this shrinkage.
  The effect has been two agency closures, a couple of mergers, and further shrinkage is expected in the coming year.
  What happened to the market, and the reasons for its dramatic shrinkage, are complex, and the advent of television is only one of them, albeit a major one.
  The land of spoilage, shrinkage, of profit margins so thin that the accountant's hands bleed with a thousand sharp cuts.
  Turnover shrinkage, as a percentage of turnover, fell from 1.45 per cent to 1.37 per cent.
  Economic growth in 2006 is expected to slow because of to export shrinkage in the field of heavy production.
  Synonyms
  reduction, drop, lessening, lowering, decline, falling off

Rhymes

linkage, sinkage

Definition of shrinkage in US English:

shrinkage

nounˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒˈSHriNGkij

1The process, fact, or amount of shrinking.
收缩；皱缩；缩水
give long curtains good hems to allow for shrinkage
考虑到缩水，长窗帘的折边要做得宽些。
Example sentencesExamples
- Slightly overfill the crack to allow for shrinkage.
- This is because cotton denim has residual shrinkage and will continue to shrink with each successive wash.
- Other researchers have suggested that shrinkage occurs when there are long distances between pastures and weighing facilities.
- There is no need to be concerned about carpet damage such as browning, shrinkage, buckling, delaminating, and mildew.
- It could also cause color bleeding, shrinkage, and browning.
- A dense wood will have proportionally more elasticity and resistance, but also a greater margin of shrinkage and swelling.
- Formation of shrinkage cracks allows water infiltration that weakens the subgrade, which may lead to further fatigue cracking in the pavement structure.
- Also, how much shrinkage should be expected in the floor slab?
- Without regularly spaced contraction joints, this shrinkage will result in random cracking.
- Most of the garments were made of viscose fabric base, bio-degradable and 100 per cent shrinkage free.
- At the beginning of the process, for moderate external glucose concentrations, small shrinkages were observed and vesicle shapes remained quasispherical.
- At low compaction water contents, shrinkage decreases with increasing compactive effort.
- An example would be dry, warm, or windy conditions that cause excessive shrinkage and cracking in overlays.
- Dry-clean this natural fiber to avoid excessive shrinkage.
- Weight, shrinkage, strength and other properties depend on the moisture content of wood.
- There is evidence that heating collagenous tissue causes tissue shrinkage through collagen denaturation.
- Some fabrics have what is called progressive shrinkage.
- This controls shrinkage without loss of strength or elastic recovery.
Synonyms
shrinking, reduction in size
1. 1.1 An allowance made for reduction in the earnings of a business due to wastage or theft.
  （企业收入的）损耗容许量
  Example sentencesExamples
  The effect has been two agency closures, a couple of mergers, and further shrinkage is expected in the coming year.
  What happened to the market, and the reasons for its dramatic shrinkage, are complex, and the advent of television is only one of them, albeit a major one.
  A depressed stock market accounts for part of this shrinkage.
  Turnover shrinkage, as a percentage of turnover, fell from 1.45 per cent to 1.37 per cent.
  It is simply a fact of organizational life: growth is more attractive than shrinkage.
  The land of spoilage, shrinkage, of profit margins so thin that the accountant's hands bleed with a thousand sharp cuts.
  None of those shrinkages includes the work that I do, but one of the programmes in which I teach is still being reviewed.
  Economic growth in 2006 is expected to slow because of to export shrinkage in the field of heavy production.
  Synonyms
  reduction, drop, lessening, lowering, decline, falling off

词汇	shrinkage
释义	Definition of shrinkage in English: shrinkage noun ˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒ mass noun 1The process, fact, or amount of shrinking. 收缩；皱缩；缩水 give long curtains good hems to allow for shrinkage 考虑到缩水，长窗帘的折边要做得宽些。 Example sentencesExamples Weight, shrinkage, strength and other properties depend on the moisture content of wood. This controls shrinkage without loss of strength or elastic recovery. A dense wood will have proportionally more elasticity and resistance, but also a greater margin of shrinkage and swelling. Dry-clean this natural fiber to avoid excessive shrinkage. Also, how much shrinkage should be expected in the floor slab? At the beginning of the process, for moderate external glucose concentrations, small shrinkages were observed and vesicle shapes remained quasispherical. It could also cause color bleeding, shrinkage, and browning. Other researchers have suggested that shrinkage occurs when there are long distances between pastures and weighing facilities. Most of the garments were made of viscose fabric base, bio-degradable and 100 per cent shrinkage free. Slightly overfill the crack to allow for shrinkage. At low compaction water contents, shrinkage decreases with increasing compactive effort. This is because cotton denim has residual shrinkage and will continue to shrink with each successive wash. Formation of shrinkage cracks allows water infiltration that weakens the subgrade, which may lead to further fatigue cracking in the pavement structure. There is evidence that heating collagenous tissue causes tissue shrinkage through collagen denaturation. There is no need to be concerned about carpet damage such as browning, shrinkage, buckling, delaminating, and mildew. Some fabrics have what is called progressive shrinkage. An example would be dry, warm, or windy conditions that cause excessive shrinkage and cracking in overlays. Without regularly spaced contraction joints, this shrinkage will result in random cracking. Synonyms shrinking, reduction in size 1.1 An allowance made for reduction in the takings of a business due to wastage or theft. （企业收入的）损耗容许量 Example sentencesExamples None of those shrinkages includes the work that I do, but one of the programmes in which I teach is still being reviewed. It is simply a fact of organizational life: growth is more attractive than shrinkage. A depressed stock market accounts for part of this shrinkage. The effect has been two agency closures, a couple of mergers, and further shrinkage is expected in the coming year. What happened to the market, and the reasons for its dramatic shrinkage, are complex, and the advent of television is only one of them, albeit a major one. The land of spoilage, shrinkage, of profit margins so thin that the accountant's hands bleed with a thousand sharp cuts. Turnover shrinkage, as a percentage of turnover, fell from 1.45 per cent to 1.37 per cent. Economic growth in 2006 is expected to slow because of to export shrinkage in the field of heavy production. Synonyms reduction, drop, lessening, lowering, decline, falling off Rhymes linkage, sinkage Definition of shrinkage in US English: shrinkage nounˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒˈSHriNGkij 1The process, fact, or amount of shrinking. 收缩；皱缩；缩水 give long curtains good hems to allow for shrinkage 考虑到缩水，长窗帘的折边要做得宽些。 Example sentencesExamples Slightly overfill the crack to allow for shrinkage. This is because cotton denim has residual shrinkage and will continue to shrink with each successive wash. Other researchers have suggested that shrinkage occurs when there are long distances between pastures and weighing facilities. There is no need to be concerned about carpet damage such as browning, shrinkage, buckling, delaminating, and mildew. It could also cause color bleeding, shrinkage, and browning. A dense wood will have proportionally more elasticity and resistance, but also a greater margin of shrinkage and swelling. Formation of shrinkage cracks allows water infiltration that weakens the subgrade, which may lead to further fatigue cracking in the pavement structure. Also, how much shrinkage should be expected in the floor slab? Without regularly spaced contraction joints, this shrinkage will result in random cracking. Most of the garments were made of viscose fabric base, bio-degradable and 100 per cent shrinkage free. At the beginning of the process, for moderate external glucose concentrations, small shrinkages were observed and vesicle shapes remained quasispherical. At low compaction water contents, shrinkage decreases with increasing compactive effort. An example would be dry, warm, or windy conditions that cause excessive shrinkage and cracking in overlays. Dry-clean this natural fiber to avoid excessive shrinkage. Weight, shrinkage, strength and other properties depend on the moisture content of wood. There is evidence that heating collagenous tissue causes tissue shrinkage through collagen denaturation. Some fabrics have what is called progressive shrinkage. This controls shrinkage without loss of strength or elastic recovery. Synonyms shrinking, reduction in size 1.1 An allowance made for reduction in the earnings of a business due to wastage or theft. （企业收入的）损耗容许量 Example sentencesExamples The effect has been two agency closures, a couple of mergers, and further shrinkage is expected in the coming year. What happened to the market, and the reasons for its dramatic shrinkage, are complex, and the advent of television is only one of them, albeit a major one. A depressed stock market accounts for part of this shrinkage. Turnover shrinkage, as a percentage of turnover, fell from 1.45 per cent to 1.37 per cent. It is simply a fact of organizational life: growth is more attractive than shrinkage. The land of spoilage, shrinkage, of profit margins so thin that the accountant's hands bleed with a thousand sharp cuts. None of those shrinkages includes the work that I do, but one of the programmes in which I teach is still being reviewed. Economic growth in 2006 is expected to slow because of to export shrinkage in the field of heavy production. Synonyms reduction, drop, lessening, lowering, decline, falling off
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