shrink
v. /ʃrɪŋk/ B2
缩小；变小
To become smaller.
卡罗尔原著 · 第 1 章
So she swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly.
于是她吞下一块小蛋糕，高兴地发现自己马上开始变小了。
原著这一句
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.
不过，她先等了几分钟，看看自己是否还会继续缩小：她为此感到有点紧张；“因为你要知道，”爱丽丝自言自语道，“这最终可能会让我像蜡烛一样彻底熄灭呢。”
卡罗尔原著 · 第 1 章
巴菲特芒格原话
And obviously, as the money increased, the universe of possible ideas started shrinking dramatically.很显然，随着资金规模的扩大，可供选择的投资想法范围开始急剧缩水。
Warren Buffett · 2001