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

• Private colleges have seen their endowments and investment income shrivel because of the financial crisis, while public colleges have had funding cut by cash-strapped state governments.
  由于经济危机的缘故，私立大学的捐助资金和投资收入都减少了。
• 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。
• Why do you always seem to shrivel up when we meet new people at parties? You can't avoid them for ever.
  为什么你总是在联欢会时怕见生人呢？你不可能永远避开他们。
• 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。
• The plant shrivels and dies.
  植物干枯而死。
• Soon it would shrivel away.
  可能一会儿就枯萎了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？！