shrivel

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v. (使)起皱纹, (使)枯萎, (使)束手无策

发音

US /ˈʃɹɪvəl/

词形变化

shriveled shriveling shrivelled shrivelleth shrivelling shrivels 三单 shrivels shriveling 现在分词 shrivelling 现在分词 shriveled 过去式 shriveled 过去分词 shrivelled 过去式 shrivelled 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To collapse inward; to crumble.

    向内卷曲

    不及物

    The plant shrivelled from lack of water.

  2. 2.

    To become wrinkled.

    起皱

    不及物

    His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.

  3. 3.

    To draw into wrinkles.

    弄皱

    及物

    The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

shrink wither shrivel up

上位词 4

fall decrease diminish lessen

下位词 6

blast atrophy die down dry up die back mummify

相关短语

shrivel up v. (使)皱缩；(使)干瘪；(使)枯萎；(使)无能为力

词源

First recorded as shriveled (“shrivelled”), probably of North Germanic origin related to dialectal Swedish skryvla (“to wrinkle, shrivel”); perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną (“to shrivel, shrink”) or *skrimpaną (“to shrink”).

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