shrivel
英 [ˈʃrɪvl]
美 [ˈʃrɪvl]
v. (使)枯萎,干枯,皱缩
过去式:shrivelled 过去分词:shrivelled 现在分词:shrivelling 第三人称单数:shrivels 复数:shrivels
Collins.1 / BNC.15916 / COCA.16142
短语动词
shrivel up
1. (使)枯萎;(使)干枯;(使)皱缩
牛津词典
verb
- (使)枯萎,干枯,皱缩
to become or make sth dry and wrinkled as a result of heat, cold or being old- The leaves on the plant had shrivelled up from lack of water.
因为缺水,植物的叶子已经枯萎了。 - The hot weather had shrivelled the grapes in every vineyard.
天气炎热,各家葡萄园的葡萄都蔫了。
- The leaves on the plant had shrivelled up from lack of water.
柯林斯词典
- V-ERG (使)枯萎;(使)干枯;(使)皱缩
When somethingshrivelsor when somethingshrivelsit, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains.- The plant shrivels and dies.
植物干枯而死。 - ...dry weather that shrivelled this summer's crops.
造成今夏作物枯萎的干旱天气 - Shrivel upmeans the same asshrivel.
shrivel up 同 shrivel - The leaves started to shrivel up.
叶子开始枯萎。
- The plant shrivels and dies.
in AM, use 美国英语用 shriveling, shriveled
英英释义
verb
- decrease in size, range, or extent
- His earnings shrank
- My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
- wither, as with a loss of moisture
- The fruit dried and shriveled
双语例句
- Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.
你的财富、名望和短暂的权利将变得无足轻重。 - As you say, creditors are roosting in trees like vultures waiting to swoop down on anything valuable. In the absence of vultures, they have been reduced to rigging their towers with solar reflectors to shrivel the corpses.
你晓得,那些债主象兀鹰一般歇在树枝上,伺机对任何有价值的东西飞扑下来。如果没有兀鹫的话,帕西人就不得不在高塔上装备太阳反射装置来把死尸照枯。 - Were he now to back away from his UN bid, his clout among his own people would shrivel.
如果他现在在联合国的入联申请中逐步后退,他在他自己人民当中的声望将会急剧下降。 - You ought to pick those lettuces before they shrivel and die.
你得在生菜枯萎死亡前收割它们。 - If you stay in that bathtub any longer, you'll shrivel up into a prune.
如果你再呆在水里,你要皱成一个干果了。 - Then their seed ripens, and soon they turn brown and shrivel up.
随后,它们的种子熟了,不久就变枯萎。 - Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.
由于完全失去了水分而干瘪皱缩。 - In the deep winter, natural flowers tend to shrivel;
隆冬时节,自然界之花通常会凋谢飘零; - The axon degenerated, shrivel and vanished;
轴索变性、萎缩和脱失。 - End up a cup of worth waiting for milk tea, the tongue, foot is worth around the read, like to follow the piano in long holiday tunes, elegant and moving, the soul of idyllic with music shrivel.
端起一杯值得等待的奶茶,唇齿缠绕的清甜,是值得念想的追随,就像在悠长假期中的钢琴曲调,优雅动人,清澄的灵魂随乐谱飘零。