degrow

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become smaller; to shrink. intransitive
    — They can eat vast amounts when times are good, and can even ‘degrow’ when food is scarce, consuming their own body mass very slowly, with no ill-effects.
  2. To make (something) smaller, to reduce. transitive
    — It seems likely that wealthy countries in Western Europe and North America need to degrow their economies before establishing a steady state.

词形变化

degrows present,singular,third-person degrowing participle,present degrew past degrown participle,past

词源

From de- + grow.
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