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

• Leaves die, fall, and shrivel.
  叶子凋零、飘落枯萎了。
• Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.
  由于完全失去了水分而干瘪皱缩。
• Then their seed ripens, and soon they turn brown and shrivel up.
  随后，它们的种子熟了，不久就变枯萎。
• If you stay in that bathtub any longer, you'll shrivel up into a prune.
  如果你再呆在水里，你要皱成一个干果了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？！
• 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。
• 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。
• Provincial and municipal authorities, who rely on land sales for about a third of their revenue, have seen demand for land shrivel because of the slowdown in private real estate investment.
  大约三分之一财政收入依赖土地销售收入的省、市级地方政府，已经看到土地需求因房地产领域私人投资放缓而出现萎缩。