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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

缩小 [suōxiǎo]
  1. 1. reduce (in width, size, scope, etc.); lessen; narrow; shrink; dwindle
    逐步缩小城乡差别
    gradually reduce the distinction between town and country
    缩小范围
    reduce the scope; narrow the range
  2. 2. be reduced; shrink
    他的毛衣放到热水里一洗就缩小了。
    His sweater shrank when he washed it in hot water.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

缩小 [suōxiǎo]
  1. 1. 收缩使变小
    缩小机构
    缩小影响
    把调查范围缩小

Examples

我们对于工农业产品的交换是缩小剪刀差,而不是扩大剪刀差。
In the exchange of industrial products for agricultural products, we try to narrow the price scissors, not widen them.
敌占区的面积在不断地缩小
The area occupied by the enemy is decreasing day by day.
因河口急骤缩小,洪水流势愈来愈大。
Due to the sudden narrowness of the estuary, the flood flowed higher and higher.
缩小
缩小包围圈
搜捕疑凶的范围逐步缩小
逐步缩小包围圈,迫使敌人投降。
缩小影响

Collocations

缩小范围
to decrease the scope of something
逐渐缩小
to gradually decrease
体积缩小
to decrease the volume

Word Decomposition


[suō]
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[xiǎo]

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