shrivelling是什么意思？

shrivelling

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• v. （因热力，严寒、干燥、年老等而）枯萎，皱缩( shrivel的现在分词 )；

例句

• As credit contracts and asset prices plunge, demand across the globe is shrivelling. 随着信用紧缩和资产价格的缩水, 全球需求都在不断萎缩.

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