shriveled是什么意思

2023-12-20 10:49:16

shriveled

美[ʃrɪvəld] 英[ʃrɪvəld]

adj. 皱缩的；干瘪的

sp. 动词shrivel的过去式和过去分词形式.

近义词：shrivelled，shrunken，withered，sere，wizen，wizened，sear，dried-up，

Adjective

(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"
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"
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"

用作形容词(adj.)