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 old man's face was shrivelled with age.
  老人的脸蹙缩得满是皱纹。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• The spinach is shrivelled up.
  菠菜蔫了。
• The hippocampus also shrivelled faster in smokers.
  海马体也会因吸烟而更快的瘪掉。
• Funding for the project eventually shrivelled up.
  项目的资金最终减少了。
• The hot sunshine shrivelled the grass.
  炎热的阳光使草枯萎。
• Last week, the green shoots shrivelled.
  上周，“萌芽”枯萎了。
• Corn fields shrivelled and soyabeans withered in the drought-hit us last summer. But the resulting rally in food commodities meant that 2012 was a good year for agribusinesses from trading houses to tractor makers.
  去年夏季美国发生旱灾，玉米和大豆成片枯萎，粮食类大宗商品价格因此迎来大涨，对农产品贸易公司、拖拉机制造商等各类农业企业来说，这意味着2012年会是一个好年景。