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解説 Definition
shrank は shrink（縮む、縮める）の過去形です。服や物の大きさが小さくなったことや、量・規模が減ったことを表します。
Shrank is the simple past tense of shrink. It indicates that something became smaller in physical size or that an amount, extent, market, population, or other measurable scale decreased during a past period or event.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
shrank は shrink「縮む、減少する」の不規則過去形で、過去分詞は通常 shrunk です。母音が /ɪ/ から /æ/ へ変わり、shrink /ʃrɪŋk/ → shrank /ʃræŋk/ となります。洗濯した服、冷めたケーキ、乾季の湖などが以前より小さくなった場面と結び付けます。
Remember the irregular sequence shrink–shrank–shrunk. Shrank is only the simple past form, with the vowel changing from /ɪ/ in shrink to /æ/ in shrank; shrunk is normally the past participle. Picture a sweater becoming smaller after one wash: yesterday it shrank. The same verb works beyond physical objects, as in a lake, market, or population that became smaller. Unlike shortened, which often concerns length or duration, shrank can describe an overall reduction in size, amount, or scale.
例文
My sweater shrank in the wash.
私のセーターは洗濯で縮みました。
The cake shrank a little after it cooled.
ケーキは冷めると少し縮みました。
The lake shrank during the long dry season.
長い乾季の間にその湖は小さくなりました。
shrank の類義語・関連語
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shrank の語源・成り立ち Etymology
shrank は shrink の過去形で、古英語 scrincan「縮む・しぼむ」にさかのぼります。関連語 shrink や shrivel にも「縮こまる」感覚があり、「内側へきゅっと引く」イメージから縮んだの意味になります。
Shrank is the inherited irregular past tense of shrink. Shrink goes back to Old English scrincan, meaning “to contract, wither, or draw up,” and has Germanic origins. The vowel alternation in shrink–shrank–shrunk reflects an old strong-verb pattern rather than the regular addition of -ed. The word’s physical sense of contracting later broadened to reductions in quantity, extent, and importance.
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