| 释义 |
▪ I. wizen, a.|ˈwɪz(ə)n|
Also wizzen.
[Clipped f. wizened, the resultant form suggesting a ppl. adj. in -en.]
= wizened 2.
1786F. Burney Diary 16 Aug., A thin, little, wizen old gentleman..came up. 1837Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 49 The ladies are all young and wizen, and the gentlemen are all old and wizen. 1867Trollope Chron. Barset xxxvii, Her little wizen face was as sharp as ever. 1880F. G. Lee Ch. under Q. Eliz. II. 336 Her now drawn and wizen features.
Comb.1819M. Edgeworth Let. 17 Apr. (1971) 201 An old thin stupid wizzen looking Mr. Evelyn received us. 1837Barham Ingol. Leg., Spectre Tappington ad fin., A dingy wizzen-faced portrait. 1888F. Hume Mme. Midas i. ii, A small, wizen-looking little man.
▪ II. wizen, v.|ˈwɪz(ə)n|
Also 5 wisen, 6 wisne, 8–9 wizzen.
[OE. wisnian, weosnian (also áwisnian, forwisnian) = OHG. wesanên, -(e)nên, also ar-, ir-, firwesenên, ON. visna (Sw. vissna, Da. visne); cf. ON. visinn (Sw., Da. vissen) withered, palsied: f. Teut. wis-, whence also MHG. wesel weak, perished; cf. Lith. výsti to wither, L. viēscere to wither, W. gwyw (:—*wiswo-) withered, OIr. feugud ‘marcor’.]
1. intr. Of plants: To dry up, shrivel, wither. Also transf. of persons, their features, etc. See also wizened.
c890Wærferth Gregory's Dial. 134 Heo byð ᵹeswenced, þæt heo weornað [MS. O. weosnað] & brosnaþ in hire sylfre. c950Lindisf. Gosp. John xv. 6 Ᵹif huælc in mec ne wunas ᵹesended bið buta suælce tuigga & dryᵹeð vel wisneð. 971Blickl. Hom. 115 Þa he [sc. the world] þus fæᵹer wæs..þa wisnode he on Cristes haliᵹra heortum. c1050Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 343 Arida, weosniendre.
a1450MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48 lf. 90 Þe tre weloid & wisened sone, & wex olde and dry.
1787Grose Prov. Gloss., Wizzen, to wither. N. 1818Todd, To Wizen, to wither; to become dry:..Common in several parts of the north of England. 1864J. Gilbert & G. C. Churchill Dolomite Mountains 493 After wizening with cold for an hour, we ran down to the hut for breakfast. 1883D. C. Murray Hearts xxvi, His plump features wizened, and his rosy cheeks grew white.
2. trans. To cause to wither or shrivel. Sc.
1513Douglas æneis vi. xii. 42 Tharfor thai suffir panis and turment,..Sum stentit bene in wisnand windis wak. a1895R. McL. Calder Berwicksh. Bard (1897) 223 Self has gained the upper han', An' wizened up their hearts.
▪ III. wizen
Sc. and north. f. weasand. |