Shrivel



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.枯萎, 皱缩
• ［英］ v.枯萎, 皱缩 ( to draw into wrinkles with a loss of moisture)
• ［例］ plants shriveling in the dry hea

Webster Collegiate

verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or shrivelling)

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1565
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture
  • 2.
    • a. to become reduced to inanition, helplessness, or inefficiency
    • b. dwindle
• transitive verb
  • to cause to shrivel

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