shrivelled

英 [ˈʃrɪvld]

美 [ˈʃrɪvld]

v.  (使)枯萎，干枯，皱缩
shrivel的过去分词和过去式

过去式：shrivelled　过去分词：shrivelled　

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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。

双语例句

• The leaves are shrivelled up by the heat.
  酷暑使树叶卷缩枯萎。
• The old man's face was shrivelled with age.
  老人的脸蹙缩得满是皱纹。
• Old Mr. Wu took it and laid it reverently on his lap. He closed his eyes again, a faint smile of peace on his shrivelled lips.
  吴老太爷接过来恭恭敬敬摆在膝头，就闭了眼睛，干瘪的嘴唇上浮出一丝放心了的微笑。
• Corn fields shrivelled and soyabeans withered in the drought-hit us last summer. But the resulting rally in food commodities meant that 2012 was a good year for agribusinesses from trading houses to tractor makers.
  去年夏季美国发生旱灾，玉米和大豆成片枯萎，粮食类大宗商品价格因此迎来大涨，对农产品贸易公司、拖拉机制造商等各类农业企业来说，这意味着2012年会是一个好年景。
• The spinach is shrivelled up.
  菠菜蔫了。
• Even my lips look shrivelled.
  甚至我的嘴唇看起来都很干瘪。
• The economy has lagged its fellow Asian "tigers" in recent years, as manufacturers decamped to China and domestic investment shrivelled.
  近年来，随着本地制造商移师中国大陆，以及岛内投资的萎缩，台湾经济一直落后于其它“亚洲小虎”。
• All his strength and energy all his vital and intellectual force seemed at once to desert him; insomuch that he positively withered up, shrivelled away, and almost vanished from mortal sight, like an uprooted weed that lies wilting in the sun.
  他的全部体力和精力他的全部活力和智力，象是立即抛弃了他；以致他明显地凋谢了，枝萎了，几乎如同拔出地面、绘太阳晒蔫的野草一般从人们眼界中消失了。
• The hot sunshine shrivelled the grass.
  炎热的阳光使草枯萎。
• Heavily exposed to exports, Japan suffered when overseas demand shrivelled amid the downturn.
  经济危机下海外需求锐减，对过多依赖出口的日本经济来说就是天灾人祸了。