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
Collins.1 / BNC.15916 / COCA.16142
短语动词
shrivel up
1. (使)枯萎;(使)干枯;(使)皱缩
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- 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。 - 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。
- The leaves on the plant had shrivelled up from lack of water.
柯林斯词典
- 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.- The plant shrivels and dies.
植物干枯而死。 - ...dry weather that shrivelled this summer's crops.
造成今夏作物枯萎的干旱天气 - Shrivel upmeans the same asshrivel.
shrivel up 同 shrivel - The leaves started to shrivel up.
叶子开始枯萎。
- The plant shrivels and dies.
in AM, use 美国英语用 shriveling, shriveled
英英释义
verb
- decrease in size, range, or extent
- His earnings shrank
- My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
- wither, as with a loss of moisture
- The fruit dried and shriveled
双语例句
- 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。 - In the foreign trade sector, export received some recovery after experienced large-scale shrivel.
对外贸易部门中,出口经历了大规模的萎缩之后有了一定的回升。 - 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?! - You ought to pick those lettuces before they shrivel and die.
你得在生菜枯萎死亡前收割它们。 - 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。 - The east wind made it shrivel, it was stripped of its fruit; its strong branches withered and fire consumed them. dry hair with a hair dryer.
东风吹干其上的果子,坚固的枝干折断枯干,被火烧毁了。用吹风机使头发变干。 - Of course, managers have to be able to say yes too, otherwise their organisations would shrivel up and die.
当然,经理也必须能说“是”,否则他们的组织将枯萎死亡。 - The seeds shrivel under their clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up.
珥1:17谷种在土块下朽烂.仓也荒凉、廪也破坏.因为五谷枯乾了。 - 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。 - Leaves die, fall, and shrivel.
叶子凋零、飘落枯萎了。