单词 | wilt |
释义 | wilt (once / 275 pages) vn When things droop from heat, lack of water, or illness, they wilt. If you go on vacation for two weeks and forget to water your plants first, they will wilt. The vegetables in your garden will wilt if they're attacked by slugs or don't get enough moisture — and people can be said to wilt too, especially when they're limp and weak from exhaustion. A long walk on the hottest day of summer can make you wilt. Wilt was most likely first spelled welk, from the Middle Dutch word welken, "to wither or become soft." WORD FAMILYwilt: wilted, wilting, wilts+/wilting: wiltings USAGE EXAMPLESMorale wilted in the aged station house on Alexander Avenue, in Mott Haven. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Add greens, toss to coat in drippings, and cook until wilted and tender, about 3 minutes. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) Every effort to incorporate fresh fare into fast food, it seems, wilts. The New Yorker(Dec 17, 2016) 1v become limp The flowers wilted Syn|Hyper droop crumble, decay, dilapidate fall into decay or ruin 2v lose strength My opponent was wilting Hyper weaken become weaker 3n any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots Syn|Hypo|Hyper wilt disease granville wilt a bacterial wilt of tobacco plants fusarium wiltwilt caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium verticilliosiswilt caused by fungi of the genus Verticillium plant disease a disease that affects plants 4n causing to become limp or drooping Syn|Hyper wilting weakening the act of reducing the strength of something |
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