shriveled

柯林斯詞典

shrivel /??r?v?l/ (shriveling,shriveled,shrivels)

• 1. V-T/V-I When something shrivels or when something shrivels it, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains. 使皺縮; 使枯萎; 皺縮; 枯萎

  The plant shrivels and dies. 那棵植物枯死了。

• 2. PHRASAL VERB Shrivel up means the same as . 枯萎

  The leaves started to shrivel up. 那些樹葉開始枯萎了。

• 3. shriveledADJ 皺縮的; 枯萎的

  ...a shrivelled chestnut. …一顆枯萎的栗子樹。

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