withers是什么意思？

withers

英[ˈwɪðəz] 美[ˈwɪðərz]

• n. 马肩隆；
• v. （使）枯萎， （使）干枯， （使）凋谢( wither的第三人称单数 )，萎缩，（尤指渐渐）破灭，消失；

例句

• " You need not trouble about that at all, " interrupted Mr. Withers. “ 你根本不用担心这个, " 威瑟斯先生打断了她.
• " I will be there to show you, " and so Mr. Withers withdrew. “ 我会等在那里,领你去看房间的, " 威瑟斯先生这样说着,退了出去.
• The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers. 这女孩子的经历令人心碎.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  衰弱;凋敝
  If someone or something withers, they become very weak.
  例句
  When he went into retirement, he visibly withered... 他到退休年龄时已老态毕现。 Industries unable to modernize have been left to wither. 无法实现现代化的行业已经自行衰落。
• VERB
  (花朵、植物)枯萎，凋谢
  If a flower or plant withers, it dries up and dies.
  例句
  The flowers in Isabel's room had withered... 伊莎贝尔房间里的花已经枯萎了。 Farmers in the Midwest have watched their crops wither because of drought conditions. 美国中西部农民眼睁睁地看着他们的庄稼旱死。
• N-PLURAL
  甲；马肩隆
  The highest part of a horse's back, behind its neck, is referred to as its withers .

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one's withers');
  "the lawsuit was wringing his withers""our withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare
  2. the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals

行业词典

• 体育： 马肩隆；
  医学： 马肩隆：马肩胛间隆起部；