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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The specific root length ( SRL) of shrivel brown was the highest among the pigmentation roots in first-order, the second was brown roots, white and yellow roots was smaller.
  在1级根中，褐色皱缩细根比根长最高，褐色根次之，白色和黄色根比根长较低。
• In a variety of contemporary culture, folk art as the most national characteristics and local spirit of creation, it not only failed to shrivel, but more snowy fragrant, showing its mystery and meaning.
  在当代各种文化的冲击下，民俗艺术作为最具民族特色和本土精神的创造，它不但没有凋谢飘零，反而更加艳丽芬芳，显现着它的奥秘和真谛。
• For southeast Asia, the rising cost of money and the growing scarcity of foreign money in capital markets is coming at the same time as current accounts have deteriorated and local banks have seen deposit funding shrivel.
  在东南亚地区，与资金成本上涨和外国资金退出资本市场相伴随的是，经常账户恶化以及本土银行的存款资金萎缩。
• 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。
• We should worry as much, or more, about the tendency of authorities to give a wink and a nod to anti-competitive practices during a downturn as about the survival of companies that are anyhow due to shrivel in a world of innovating entrepreneurs.
  我们既应担心那些本来就会在创新的企业家世界中枯萎的企业的生存，也应担心（甚至更加担心）政府倾向于在经济低迷时期默许甚至赞同反竞争行为。
• 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；