shrivel
英 [ʃrɪv(ə)l]
美['ʃrɪvl]
- vi. 枯萎；皱缩
- vt. 使枯萎；使皱缩；使束手无策
词态变化
第三人称单数: shrivels;过去式: shrivelled;过去分词: shrivelled;现在分词: shrivelling;形容词: shrivelled;
助记提示
1. shrivel 和 shrink 它们音近形近义近，并且它们似乎都来源于北欧语中音近形近义近的单词，因此它们很可能具有同源性，或者具有近亲关系。
2. 根据音近义通的一般原理和单词的词源信息而得出的猜测。
3. 音近义通、音形一体，音决定了形，形决定了音。
2. 根据音近义通的一般原理和单词的词源信息而得出的猜测。
3. 音近义通、音形一体，音决定了形，形决定了音。
中文词源
shrivel 皱缩，枯萎，干枯
词源不详，可能与 shrink 与相联系。比较 shake,shiver.
英英释意
- 1. wither, especially with a loss of moisture;
- "The fruit dried and shriveled"
- 2. decrease in size, range, or extent;
- "His earnings shrank"
- "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
英文词源
- shrivel (v.)
- 1560s (implied in shriveled), of unknown origin, not found in Middle English; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skryvla "to wrinkle, to shrivel"), perhaps ultimately connected with shrimp (n.) and shrink (v.). Related: Shriveled; shriveling.
实用场景例句
- The leaves on the plant had shrivelled up from lack of water.
- 因为缺水，植物的叶子已经枯萎了。
牛津词典
- The hot weather had shrivelled the grapes in every vineyard.
- 天气炎热，各家葡萄园的葡萄都蔫了。
牛津词典
- a shrivelled old man
- 一个干巴老头
牛津词典
- The plant shrivels and dies.
- 植物干枯而死。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...dry weather that shrivelled this summer's crops.
- 造成今夏作物枯萎的干旱天气
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Soon it would shrivel away.
- 可能一会儿就枯萎了.
期刊摘选
- The paper would shrivel and blaze at every touch of the fiery pen.
- 每当那炽热的笔尖落下纸张会皱起,燃烧.
期刊摘选
- The tetrads eventually shrivel or are resorbed.
- 这种四分体最终萎缩或被再吸收.
辞典例句
- If you stay in that bathtub any longer, you'll shrivel up into a prune.
- 如果你再呆在水里, 你要皱成一个干果了.
期刊摘选
- Whenever I go to a party, I shrivel up and hope no one will notice me.
- 每次去参加晚会, 我都紧张不堪,不思让别人注意到我.
期刊摘选
- Leaves shrivel in autumn.
- 树叶在秋季枯萎.
期刊摘选
- The seedling have shrivel up a bit in the hot sun.
- 在炎热的太阳光下,幼苗已有一点乾枯.
期刊摘选
- Though not many positions shrivel to zero, funds do suffer 2 % losses all the time.
- 尽管这只股票不可能跌到毫无价值, 但是基金确实已经损失了2%.
期刊摘选
- Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel.
- 把鳞茎种到地里, 否则会开始干枯的.
《简明英汉词典》
- Then their seed ripens, and soon they turn brown and shrivel up.
- 随后,它们的种子熟了, 不久就变枯萎.
辞典例句
- Under the direct sunlight young plants will shrivel up.
- 在阳光的直射下,小苗会枯萎的.
期刊摘选
- Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.
- 你的财富 、 名誉及暂时握有的权力将毫无价值.
期刊摘选
- Wights are armed with horrible Bane Blades that cause mortal flesh to decay and shrivel.
- 恶灵装备着令人恐惧的怨毒之剑,可令生物的皮肉腐烂干枯.
期刊摘选
- The leaves started to shrivel up.
- 叶子开始枯萎。
辞典例句