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

• The axon degenerated, shrivel and vanished;
  轴索变性、萎缩和脱失。
• 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。
• Of course, managers have to be able to say yes too, otherwise their organisations would shrivel up and die.
  当然，经理也必须能说“是”，否则他们的组织将枯萎死亡。
• Soon it would shrivel away.
  可能一会儿就枯萎了。
• 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。
• As you say, creditors are roosting in trees like vultures waiting to swoop down on anything valuable. In the absence of vultures, they have been reduced to rigging their towers with solar reflectors to shrivel the corpses.
  你晓得，那些债主象兀鹰一般歇在树枝上，伺机对任何有价值的东西飞扑下来。如果没有兀鹫的话，帕西人就不得不在高塔上装备太阳反射装置来把死尸照枯。
• 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。
• 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。
• Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.
  由于完全失去了水分而干瘪皱缩。
• The specific root length ( SRL) of shrivel brown was the highest among the pigmentation roots in first-order, the second was brown roots, white and yellow roots was smaller.
  在1级根中，褐色皱缩细根比根长最高，褐色根次之，白色和黄色根比根长较低。