英语词汇“shrivel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

shrivelshrivel /ˈʃrɪvəl/ (also shrivel up) verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYshrivel

Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from a Scandinavian language

VERB TABLE

shrivel

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	shrivel
	he, she, it	shrivels
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	shriveled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have shriveled
	he, she, it	has shriveled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had shriveled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will shrivel
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have shriveled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am shriveling
	he, she, it	is shriveling
	you, we, they	are shriveling
Past	I, he, she, it	was shriveling
	you, we, they	were shriveling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been shriveling
	he, she, it	has been shriveling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been shriveling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be shriveling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been shriveling

1if something shrivels or something such as heat or sun shrivels it, it becomes smaller and its surface is covered in lines because it is very dry or old: My plants have all shriveled up and died.2to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller, or to make something do this: Profits have shriveled since the beginning of the year.—shriveled adjective: the old man’s shriveled face