shrivel是什么意思？

shrivel

英[ˈʃrɪvl] 美[ˈʃrɪvəl]

• vt.& vi. （因热力，严寒、干燥、年老等而）枯萎，皱缩；

过去式：shrivelled;

过去分词：shrivelled;

现在分词：shrivelling;

第三人称单数：shrivels;

形容词：shrivelled;

例句

• 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.
• The leaves started to shrivel up. 叶子开始枯萎。
• Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel. 把鳞茎种到地里, 否则会开始干枯的.

同义词

• vi.
  shrivel的同义词之：起皱纹;枯萎
  wrinkle, shrink, wither,
• shrivel的同义词之：其他释义
  wrinkle, purse, contort, shrink, wither, lessen,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  (使)枯萎;(使)干枯;(使)皱缩
  When something shrivels or when something shrivels it, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains.
  例句
  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

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  (因热力,严寒、干燥、年老等而)枯萎,皱缩
  Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel. 把鳞茎种到地里，否则会开始干枯的。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. wither, especially with a loss of moisture;
  "The fruit dried and shriveled"
  2. decrease in size, range, or extent;
  "His earnings shrank""My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"