Wilt



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.使...凋谢, 枯萎
• ［英］ v.使...凋谢, 枯萎 ( to lose vigor from lack of water)
• ［例］ The crops wilted under the hot sun. ( 庄稼在烈日下枯萎了)

Webster Collegiate

I. *archaic present second singular of will II. verb

• Etymology: alteration of earlier welk, from Middle English welken, probably from Middle Dutch; akin to Old High German erwelkēn to wilt
• Date: circa 1691
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to lose turgor from lack of water <the plants wilted in the heat>
    • b. to become limp
  • 2. to grow weak or faint ; languish
• transitive verb
  • to cause to wilt

III. noun

• Date: 1855
• 1. an act or instance of wilting ; the state of being wilted
• 2.
  • a. a disorder (as a fungus disease) of plants marked by loss of turgidity in soft tissues with subsequent drooping and often shriveling — called also wilt disease
  • b. polyhedrosis of caterpillars

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