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shrivel

英 [ʃrɪv(ə)l] 美 ['ʃrɪvl]

解释

vi. 枯萎；皱缩
vt. 使枯萎；使皱缩；使束手无策

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中文词源

shrivel 皱缩，枯萎，干枯

词源不详，可能与 shrink 与相联系。比较 shake,shiver.

英文词源

shrivel (v.): 1560s (implied in shriveled), of unknown origin, not found in Middle English; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skryvla "to wrinkle, to shrivel"), perhaps ultimately connected with shrimp (n.) and shrink (v.). Related: Shriveled; shriveling.

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例句和用法

1. Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel.: 把鳞茎种到地里, 否则会开始干枯的.

2. The leaves started to shrivel up.: 叶子开始枯萎。

3. Then their seed ripens, and soon they turn brown and shrivel up.: 随后,它们的种子熟了, 不久就变枯萎.

4. The tetrads eventually shrivel or are resorbed.: 这种四分体最终萎缩或被再吸收.

5. The penis is the first to shrivel when it's cold.: 天气冷时,首先收缩的是它.