shrivelled

英 [ˈʃrɪvld]

美 [ˈʃrɪvld]

v.  (使)枯萎，干枯，皱缩
shrivel的过去分词和过去式

过去式：shrivelled　过去分词：shrivelled　

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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。

双语例句

• The economy has lagged its fellow Asian "tigers" in recent years, as manufacturers decamped to China and domestic investment shrivelled.
  近年来，随着本地制造商移师中国大陆，以及岛内投资的萎缩，台湾经济一直落后于其它“亚洲小虎”。
• All his strength and energy all his vital and intellectual force seemed at once to desert him; insomuch that he positively withered up, shrivelled away, and almost vanished from mortal sight, like an uprooted weed that lies wilting in the sun.
  他的全部体力和精力他的全部活力和智力，象是立即抛弃了他；以致他明显地凋谢了，枝萎了，几乎如同拔出地面、绘太阳晒蔫的野草一般从人们眼界中消失了。
• The rice seedlings are shrivelled.
  稻秧都蔫巴了。
• Old Mr. Wu took it and laid it reverently on his lap. He closed his eyes again, a faint smile of peace on his shrivelled lips.
  吴老太爷接过来恭恭敬敬摆在膝头，就闭了眼睛，干瘪的嘴唇上浮出一丝放心了的微笑。
• The spinach is shrivelled up.
  菠菜蔫了。
• The lack of rain has shrivelled the crops.
  缺少雨水使庄稼都枯萎了。
• The severity of the 2003 heatwave stunned Europe's wine producers, delivering a small crop of often shrivelled, sometimes heat-damaged grapes with thick skins and a high level of often dry-tasting tannins in the wine.
  2003年的热浪严重影响了欧洲的葡萄酒生产商，收获的葡萄往往是枯干的，有时，受炎热气候影响的葡萄有着很厚的果皮，并且葡萄酒中常常富含口感尖酸的丹宁酸。
• Even my lips look shrivelled.
  甚至我的嘴唇看起来都很干瘪。
• And while money market funds are still lending to French banks, the duration of deals has shrivelled dramatically, from several months to just a few weeks ( at most).
  此外，尽管货币市场基金仍在放贷给法国银行，协议期限也已大大缩短，从几个月缩短至仅仅几周（而且还是最好的情况）。
• Investors must hope that their capital will not have shrivelled in the sun by the time that day arrives.
  投资者一定希望，到那时他们的资本还没有因阳光的炙烤而“萎缩”。