| 单词 | shriveled |
| 释义 | shriveled (once / 8135 pages) adj Something that's shriveled is wrinkled, withered, and dried out. If you forget to water your plants, they will become shriveled. Our skin becomes more shriveled as we grow older, and if you leave a bowl of apples on your table for weeks, the fruit will eventually become shriveled as well. To shrivel is to contract, or grow smaller, and wrinkle. The origin of both words is uncertain, but it's suspected that they have a Scandinavian root, since skryvla means "to wrinkle" in Swedish. Other guesses connect shriveled with shrimp or shrink. WORD FAMILYshrivel: shriveled, shriveling, shrivelled, shrivelling, shrivels USAGE EXAMPLESWhen she was a child, Kwon received acupuncture therapy that went horribly wrong, leaving her left leg shriveled and paralyzed. Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016) Donor funding has shriveled and the commission’s staff has been slashed from about 160 to 66. Seattle Times(Oct 18, 2016) In Michigan, for example, Clinton’s 24-point August lead among young voters has shriveled to just seven points. Washington Post(Sep 22, 2016) 1adj (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings Syn dried-up, sear, sere, shrivelled, withered dry free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet 2adj lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness the old woman's shriveled skin he looked shriveled and ill Syn shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened lean, thin lacking excess flesh 3adj reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity our shriveled receipts during the storm as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled Syn shrivelled, shrunken decreased, reduced made less in size or amount or degree |
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