热胀冷缩

expand with heat and contract with cold

把这一整段缩成几句话。

Compress this paragraph into a few sentences.

这块布洗后缩了一寸。

This piece of cloth shrunk by a cun after washing.

把头缩进皮领子里

bury one's head in a fur collar

把话缩了回去

retract one's words

他把脑袋缩进被窝里。

He buried his head inside the duvet.

乌龟的头老缩在里面。

The tortoise keeps hiding its head away in its shell.

冷得缩成一团

so cold one has curled up into a ball

把身子缩成一团地躺着

lying down all curled up

退缩

shrink back