withered是什么意思？

withered

英[ˈwɪðəd] 美[ˈwɪðərd]

• adj. 枯萎的，凋谢的，憔悴的；
• v. （使）枯萎， （使）干枯， （使）凋谢( wither的过去式和过去分词 )，萎缩，（尤指渐渐）破灭，消失；

例句

• The plant may recover;it’s very dry and withered,but there’s still life in it. 这植物虽然干枯了,但有可能重现生机,因为它还没有死。
• The fairest rose is at last withered. 玫瑰再艳丽,最终要凋零。
• The leaves of this tree have become dry and withered. 这棵树下的叶子干枯了。
• The hot sun had withered all my plants. 烈日晒得我的所有植物都枯萎了。
• The grass withered because there was no water. 草因缺水而枯死了。
• They have thin lips and papery eyelids, box jawbones, prominent Adam's apples and withered hearts. 她们嘴唇纤薄,眼睑象纸似的扑闪, 颚骨见棱见角, 喉结突出,心灵枯萎.
• When he went into retirement, he visibly withered. 他到退休年龄时已老态毕现。
• His fridge was bare apart from three very withered tomatoes. 他的冰箱里除了3个非常干瘪的西红柿外已经空空如也。
• The mind wanders forth on far journeys and returns with sheaves of withered and departed joys. 思绪转回遥远的过去,带回几束业已干枯的残花,那些消逝的欢乐.
• She has one slightly withered leg, noticeably thinner than the other. 她有一条腿有点儿萎缩，看上去明显比另一条腿瘦。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  (人或身体部位)瘦弱的，衰老的，枯槁的
  If you describe a person or a part of their body as withered, you mean that they are thin and their skin looks old.
  例句
  ...her withered hands. 她干瘪的双手 ...the bartender's withered face. 酒保憔悴的面容
• ADJ
  (四肢因疾病或受伤)瘦弱的，萎缩的
  Withered is used to describe someone's leg or arm when it is thin and weak because of disease or injury.
  例句
  She has one slightly withered leg, noticeably thinner than the other. 她有一条腿有点儿萎缩，看上去明显比另一条腿瘦。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  枯萎的;凋谢的;憔悴的
  The leaves of this tree have become dry and withered. 这棵树下的叶子干枯了。 The fairest rose is at last withered. 玫瑰再艳丽,最终要凋零。 The plant may recover;it’s very dry and withered,but there’s still life in it. 这植物虽然干枯了,但有可能重现生机,因为它还没有死。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;
  "the old woman's shriveled skin""he looked shriveled and ill""a shrunken old man""a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie"he did well despite his withered arm""a wizened little man with frizzy gray hair"
  2. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;
  "dried-up grass""the desert was edged with sere vegetation""shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings""withered vines"