wizen

vt.vi. (使)枯萎, (使)雕谢

发音

/ˈwɪzən/

词形变化

wizened wizening wizens 三单 wizens wizening 现在分词 wizened 过去式 wizened 过去分词 more wizen 比较级 most wizen 最高级

别名

wizzen

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness.

    及物/不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

withered shriveled shrunken wizened shrivelled

近义相关 2

thin lean

词源

Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-West Germanic *wisnōn, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōną, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to consume”). Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to squander through feasting”).

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