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

• 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？！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Contacts between American and Chinese space scientists, broken off some years ago after accusations of Chinese spying and only recently tentatively resumed, are likely to shrivel once more.
  中美太空科学家之间的联系，数年前因指控中国间谍行为而终止。最近试探性的恢复，有可能再度受挫。
• 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 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。
• Leaves die, fall, and shrivel.
  叶子凋零、飘落枯萎了。
• Soon it would shrivel away.
  可能一会儿就枯萎了。
• 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。