shrivel 英 [ˈʃrɪvl]   美 [ˈʃrɪvəl]

shrivel

shrivel  英 [ˈʃrɪvl] 美 [ˈʃrɪvəl]

vi. 枯萎;皱缩  vt. 使枯萎;使皱缩;使束手无策 

进行时:shrivelling  过去式:shrivelled  过去分词:shrivelled  第三人称单数:shrivels  名词复数:shrivels 

Under the direct sunlight young plants will shrivel up. 在阳光的直射下,小苗会枯萎的。
Unlike some plants that struggle to survive, lose the battle, shrivel and die, garden weeds are indomitable. 某些植物为了生存努力挣扎战斗,却最终以失败告终,枯萎死亡。

  • When things shrivel, they wrinkle up and get smaller, the way leaves begin to shrivel and turn brown in the fall.
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  • vi. 枯萎;皱缩
  • vt. 使枯萎;使皱缩;使束手无策
  • 1. Under the direct sunlight young plants will shrivel up.

    在阳光的直射下,小苗会枯萎的。

  • 2. Unlike some plants that struggle to survive, lose the battle, shrivel and die, garden weeds are indomitable.

    某些植物为了生存努力挣扎战斗,却最终以失败告终,枯萎死亡。

  • 3. My middle-aged friend says I should accept the inevitable, let the bones turn brittle, the skin shrivel and sag, the hair grey and thin.

    我的一位中年朋友说,我应当接受这一不可避免的事实,让骨络变得脆弱,皮肤枯萎松弛,头发稀疏变白。

  • shrivel (v.) 1560s (implied in shriveled), of unknown origin, not found in Middle English; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skryvla "to wrinkle, to shrivel"), perhaps ultimately connected with shrimp (n.) and shrink (v.). Related: Shriveled; shriveling.
shrivel / ˈʃrɪvl ; NAmE ˈʃrɪvl / verb ( -ll- , US -l- ) [intransitive ,  transitive ] to become or make sth dry and wrinkledas a result of heat, cold or being old (使)枯萎,干枯,皱缩 shrivel(up) 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。 shrivelsth (up) 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。 shriv·elled / ; NAmE / adjective a shrivelled old man 一个干巴老头 shrivel shrivels shrivelled shriveled shrivelling shriveling shrivel / ˈʃrɪvl ; NAmE ˈʃrɪvl / shriv·elled / ; NAmE /
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