shrivel

英 [ˈʃrɪvl]

美 [ˈʃrɪvl]

v.  (使)枯萎，干枯，皱缩

过去式：shrivelled　过去分词：shrivelled　现在分词：shrivelling　第三人称单数：shrivels　复数：shrivels　

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Collins.1 / BNC.15916 / COCA.16142

短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• （使）枯萎，干枯，皱缩
  to become or make sth dry and wrinkled as a result of heat, cold or being old
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 shriveling, shriveled


• V-ERG (使)枯萎;(使)干枯;(使)皱缩
  When somethingshrivelsor when somethingshrivelsit, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains.
  1. The plant shrivels and dies.
     植物干枯而死。
  2. ...dry weather that shrivelled this summer's crops.
     造成今夏作物枯萎的干旱天气
  3. Shrivel upmeans the same asshrivel.
     shrivel up 同 shrivel
  4. The leaves started to shrivel up.
     叶子开始枯萎。

英英释义

verb

• decrease in size, range, or extent
  1. His earnings shrank
  2. My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
  Synonym:shrink
• wither, as with a loss of moisture
  1. The fruit dried and shriveled
  Synonym:shrivel upshrinkwither

双语例句

• Shrinkage contributed to an increase in the concentration of basic grape ingredients such as sugar and acid. An appropriate degree of shrinkage was apparently helpful in improving the phenolic content and increasing the antioxidant activity, but the berries that continued to shrivel showed a low antioxidant activity.
  研究结果显示：皱缩会导致果实基本成分诸如糖、酸浓度的增加；适度皱缩有益于葡萄中酚类物质浓度及抗氧化活性的提高，但是深度皱缩会使抗氧化能力显著降低。
• Contacts between American and Chinese space scientists, broken off some years ago after accusations of Chinese spying and only recently tentatively resumed, are likely to shrivel once more.
  中美太空科学家之间的联系，数年前因指控中国间谍行为而终止。最近试探性的恢复，有可能再度受挫。
• Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.
  由于完全失去了水分而干瘪皱缩。
• Soon it would shrivel away.
  可能一会儿就枯萎了。
• End up a cup of worth waiting for milk tea, the tongue, foot is worth around the read, like to follow the piano in long holiday tunes, elegant and moving, the soul of idyllic with music shrivel.
  端起一杯值得等待的奶茶，唇齿缠绕的清甜，是值得念想的追随，就像在悠长假期中的钢琴曲调，优雅动人，清澄的灵魂随乐谱飘零。
• You ought to pick those lettuces before they shrivel and die.
  你得在生菜枯萎死亡前收割它们。
• Private colleges have seen their endowments and investment income shrivel because of the financial crisis, while public colleges have had funding cut by cash-strapped state governments.
  由于经济危机的缘故，私立大学的捐助资金和投资收入都减少了。
• The seeds shrivel under their clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up.
  珥1：17谷种在土块下朽烂.仓也荒凉、廪也破坏.因为五谷枯乾了。
• 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。
• Why finial superior from political and business circle feel so shrivel in face of financial crisis?
  为什么政界和商界及金融界的顶尖高手面对金融危机却束手无策呢？！