withers

英 [ˈwɪðəz]

美 [ˈwɪðərz]

n. 鬐甲(马肩胛骨间隆起部分)
v. (使)枯萎，凋谢; 萎缩; (尤指渐渐)破灭，消失
wither的第三人称单数

复数：withers　

BNC.36368 / COCA.28737

牛津词典

noun

VERB 衰弱;凋敝
If someone or somethingwithers, they become very weak.
1. When he went into retirement, he visibly withered...
  他到退休年龄时已老态毕现。
2. Industries unable to modernize have been left to wither.
  无法实现现代化的行业已经自行衰落。
3. Wither awaymeans the same aswither.
  wither away 同 wither
4. To see my body literally wither away before my eyes was exasperating.
  眼见自己的身体日渐衰弱真是让人心烦。
VERB (花朵、植物)枯萎，凋谢
If a flower or plantwithers, it dries up and dies.
1. The flowers in Isabel's room had withered...
  伊莎贝尔房间里的花已经枯萎了。
2. Farmers in the Midwest have watched their crops wither because of drought conditions.
  美国中西部农民眼睁睁地看着他们的庄稼旱死。
甲；马肩隆
The highest part of a horse's back, behind its neck, is referred to as itswithers.

noun

the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals

Withers are prominent and attached to a well set-in shoulder.
威瑟斯是突出和良好的设置，在肩部连接到。
A nation never withers if its history stands tall.
一个缺乏历史的民族是不会长久的。
The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers.
这女孩子的经历令人心碎。
Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced.
温斯顿不晓得维泽斯失宠的原因。
It withers quicker than the rose.
却比玫瑰残降天借快。
Withers high and the topline slightly rounded over the loin to the set on of the tail.
马肩隆是背线上最高的，背线略微圆拱，越过腰部，在尾根处结束。
Always tie a horse at the level of his withers or a bit higher to a post or a well-constructed rail, such as this metal pipe rail.
一定要把马拴在和他的肩隆齐平或是稍高一点的杆子或是功能健全的围栏上，比如说这种金属管围栏上。
Empress Dowager of the palace and gardens from the withers not a dewy rose.
皇太后的花园及行宫是从不曾凋谢的一支带露玫瑰。
So you may be saying to yourself, I have to sign up right now for Swahili and calculus and accordion lessons before my brain withers away!
也许这是你在对自己说，现在马上我就要去报名参加斯瓦希利语（Swahili）、积分学和手风琴课，得赶在脑子迟钝之前！
As a result, the initiative of enterprises withers.
企业没有积极性了。