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单词 shrivel
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shriveln.

Forms: Also 1500s shrevel.
Etymology: < shrivel v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshrivel.
Something shrivelled up; †plural wrinkles in the skin; a shrivelled skin; a contracted word.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > wrinkle
rimpleeOE
rivellingOE
rivelc1325
crow's footc1374
frounce1390
wrinklea1400
frumplec1440
freckle1519
line1538
lirkc1540
shrivel1547
plait1574
furrow1589
trench1594
crowfoot1614
seam1765
thought-line1858
laughter line1867
laugh line1913
smile-line1921
worry lines1972
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > contraction > into wrinkles > that which is
shrivel1835
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > fish skin > of eel
shrivel1835
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction > a contracted word
syncope1530
syncopation?1533
abbreviation1576
abbreviature1602
abridgement1612
contract1669
contraction1755
shrivel1873
suspension1896
stump word1922
clipping1933
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xix Rvge is the latyn worde. In englyshe it is named shreuels which is a ronnynge togyther of the skinne in a mannes face and necke.
1835 Blackwood's Mag. 38 153 We caught an eel, which we skinned, and wore the shrivel for many a day round our ankle.
1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 163 Nor is any regard for rule or regularity to be seen..in our decurtate cab, cent, chap..or in such shrivels as aid, alms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

shrivelv.

/ˈʃrɪv(ə)l/
Forms: Also 1600s shriule.
Etymology: Origin unknown. (Compare Swedish dialect skryvla to wrinkle.)
1.
a. intransitive. To become contracted and wrinkled or curled up, as from great heat or cold. Also with up, away.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)]
littleOE
setc1000
wanzec1175
lessc1225
allayc1275
wane1297
slaken1303
disincreasec1374
slakec1380
decrease1382
debatea1400
unwaxa1400
wastea1400
adminishc1400
lessenc1400
imminish14..
aslakec1405
minish?a1425
assuagec1430
shrinkc1449
to let down1486
decay1489
diminish1520
fall1523
rebate1540
batea1542
to come down1548
abate1560
stoop1572
pine1580
slack1580
scanten1585
shrivel1588
decrew1596
remit1629
contract1648
subside1680
lower1697
relax1701
drop1730
to take off1776
to run down1792
reduce1798
recede1810
to run off1816
to go down1823
attenuatea1834
ease1876
downscale1945
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (intransitive)] > in rank or condition
shrivel1588
degrade1850
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles
wizenc890
clinga1000
shrinkc1000
rivelOE
snurpc1300
wrinkle1528
warp1579
shrivel1588
pucker1598
shirpc1639
tuck1797
weazen1821
cringle1823
swivel1898
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 13 That shortly the heauens themselues shall shriule away like a scrowle.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Shrivel, to Wrinkle, to run up in Wrinkles or Scrolls.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 312 When the Stalks begin to shrivel at the part next the Branch.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 171 This elegant little Agaric is seldom found in full perfection, as it soon shrivels and loses its brilliant colours.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxxii. 193 When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 585 The incipient bunches twist and shrivel up just before coming into bloom.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. 392 Two..ulcers which speedily scabbed, shrunk and shrivelled away.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 457 It forms a papilla..at the apex which shrivels when the spore ripens.
passive.1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. Cii Hir face shriueled, and parched with the Sunne.1604 N. F. Fruiterers Secrets 27 When Pippins, and other long lasting fruite, begin to be shriueled.1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne iv. 110 That his nose might be shrivelled with cold.1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 12 The lamb was shrivelled up to a cinder.1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. iii. 22 So scorched was it..that it was shrivelled to the smallest of creatures.
b. transferred and figurative. To be reduced to an inanimate or inefficient condition; (of a person) to shrink physically or mentally.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > be unable to do something [verb (intransitive)] > become incapable or powerless
shrivel1680
1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 60 This Pagan Hierarchy shrivelled up with all the false Deities, and Priests therein.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 128 I swore that my rage and revenge should pursue his enemies, until they shrivelled before me like that scorched-up symbol of annihilation.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. v. v. 263 I felt his soul shrivel at my gaze.
1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God ii. 37 All life shrivelled into a miserable ‘if’ and an empty ‘might have been’.
1887 A. Jessopp Arcady iii. 70 Undeveloped faculties that shrivel for want of using.
2.
a. transitive. To cause to be contracted or shrunk into wrinkles. Often with up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)]
littleeOE
anitherOE
wanzelOE
lessc1225
slakea1300
littenc1300
aslakec1314
adminisha1325
allayc1330
settle1338
low1340
minisha1382
reprovea1382
abatea1398
rebatea1398
subtlea1398
alaskia1400
forlyten?a1400
imminish14..
lessenc1410
diminish1417
repress?a1425
assuagec1430
scarcec1440
small1440
underslakec1440
alessa1450
debate?c1450
batec1460
decreasec1470
appetisse1474
alow1494
mince1499
perswage?1504
remita1513
inless?1521
attenuate1530
weaken1530
defray1532
mitigate1532
minorate1534
narrow?1548
diminuec1550
extenuate1555
amain1578
exolve1578
base1581
dejecta1586
amoinder1588
faint1598
qualify1604
contract1605
to pull down1607
shrivel1609
to take down1610
disaugment1611
impoverish1611
shrink1628
decoct1629
persway1631
unflame1635
straiten1645
depress1647
reduce1649
detract1654
minuate1657
alloy1661
lower?1662
sinka1684
retreat1690
nip1785
to drive down1840
minify1866
to knock down1867
to damp down1869
scale1887
mute1891
clip1938
to roll back1942
to cut back1943
downscale1945
downrate1958
slim1963
downshift1972
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles
shrenchc950
clinker1495
wizen1513
rivel1543
clinga1547
shrivel1609
warpa1616
pucker1616
plight1638
weazen1821
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease
frounce1390
frumple1398
crunklec1400
plighta1425
crinklec1430
crimple1440
rimple1440
rivel1543
wrinkle1543
crease1588
shrivel1609
befrumple1611
frowze1611
wrimple1611
pucker1616
furl1689
ruck1706
runkle1720
crink1821
furrow1853
crumple1858
ruckle1866
bumfle1911
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles viii. 10 A fire from heauen came and shriueld Vp those bodyes.
1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 34 Lest its new access into the Ayr, should shrivel it.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cxiv. 308 Crabtree, shrivelling up his face, like an autumn leaf.
1782 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 5 in Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) This..covers the trunk, serving to shrivel the skin, in order to drive off insects.
1856 H. B. Stowe Dred xxxiv That fearful collapse, which..shrivels the most healthy countenance..to the shrunken..image of decrepit old age.
1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. i. 17 In the tropics a saturated solution is much too strong, and shrivels up delicate tissues.
b. transferred and figurative. To reduce to inanition, helplessness, or ineffectualness.
ΚΠ
1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim viii. 30 This is ever the fruit of hard and penurious thoughts of God, that they shrivel up mens hearts too.
1683 J. Howe Union among Protestants in Wks. (1862) IV. 266 The want of such a diffusive love shuts up and shrivels the destitute parts.
1845 C. Dickens Chimes iii. 109 Wither me and shrivel me, and free me from the dreadful thoughts that tempt me in my youth!
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 68/2 Milton..shrivelled up the lips of his revilers by the austerity of his scorn.
1859 Habits Good Society ix. 284 How the very thought must have shrivelled her up.
1901 Scotsman 12 Mar. 7/4 A passage which the House listened to very closely, fully realising how it finally shrivelled up malignant gossip.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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