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shrivelled是什么意思

2023-12-20 09:34:17
shrivelled
v.  皱缩(使 ... 束手无策)
  近义词:contracted,shriveled,shrunken,withered,sere,wizen,wizened,sear,dried-up,

英英释义

Adjective
  1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;

    "dried-up grass" "the desert was edged with sere vegetation" "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings" "withered vines"

  2. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;

    "the old womans shriveled skin" "he looked shriveled and ill" "a shrunken old man" "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws" "he did well despite his withered arm" "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

  3. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity;

    "our shriveled receipts during the storm" "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled" "the dollars shrunken buying power"