单词 | shrivel |
释义 | shriveln. 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. 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. 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). < n.1547v.1588 |
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