shrivelled adj. 皱缩的
v. 使…束手无策(shrivel的过去式)
- He has a shrivelled face.
他有一张满是皱纹的脸。 - The hot sunshine shrivelled the grass.
炎热的阳光使草枯萎了。 - It is shrivelled and leather-like from the embalming process.
经过药物保存处理的面部干瘪如皮革。
shrivelled[ adj ]- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
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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
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the old woman's 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
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our shriveled receipts during the storm
as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
the dollar's shrunken buying power
Shrivel \Shriv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shriveled}or
{Shrivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriveling} or {Shrivelling}.]
[Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to
pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory,
frail, Sw. skr["o]pling feeble, Dan. skr["o]belig, Icel.
skrj?pr brittle, frail.]
To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form
corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin
shrivels with age; -- often with up.