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　

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Collins.1 / BNC.15916 / COCA.16142

短语动词

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
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 shriveling, shriveled


• 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.
  1. The plant shrivels and dies.
     植物干枯而死。
  2. ...dry weather that shrivelled this summer's crops.
     造成今夏作物枯萎的干旱天气
  3. Shrivel upmeans the same asshrivel.
     shrivel up 同 shrivel
  4. The leaves started to shrivel up.
     叶子开始枯萎。

英英释义

verb

• decrease in size, range, or extent
  1. His earnings shrank
  2. My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
  Synonym:shrink
• wither, as with a loss of moisture
  1. The fruit dried and shriveled
  Synonym:shrivel upshrinkwither

双语例句

• The seeds shrivel under their clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up.
  珥1：17谷种在土块下朽烂.仓也荒凉、廪也破坏.因为五谷枯乾了。
• The axon degenerated, shrivel and vanished;
  轴索变性、萎缩和脱失。
• Why finial superior from political and business circle feel so shrivel in face of financial crisis?
  为什么政界和商界及金融界的顶尖高手面对金融危机却束手无策呢？！
• 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。
• Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel.
  把鳞茎种到地里，否则会开始干枯的。
• 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。
• Each day, with strength and shame, Mary trudged to the letterbox in hope, only to swivel, shrivel and slink back inside.
  每天，带着兴奋和惭愧，玛丽跋涉到满怀希望的邮箱前，只是为了打开，关上然后偷偷溜进屋子。
• Provincial and municipal authorities, who rely on land sales for about a third of their revenue, have seen demand for land shrivel because of the slowdown in private real estate investment.
  大约三分之一财政收入依赖土地销售收入的省、市级地方政府，已经看到土地需求因房地产领域私人投资放缓而出现萎缩。
• Of course, managers have to be able to say yes too, otherwise their organisations would shrivel up and die.
  当然，经理也必须能说“是”，否则他们的组织将枯萎死亡。
• Soon it would shrivel away.
  可能一会儿就枯萎了。