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单词 shrivel
释义 shriv·el
I. \ˈshrivəl, esp South ˈsri-, dial ˈswi-\ verb
(shriveled or shrivelled ; shriveled or shrivelled ; shriveling or shrivelling \-v(ə)liŋ\ ; shrivels)
Etymology: origin unknown
intransitive verb
1. : to draw or be drawn into wrinkles : shrink and form corrugations
 < the skin shrivels with age >
 < the expanding economy would shrivel like a pricked balloon — Lamp >
— often used with up
 < a leaf shrivels up in the hot sun >
2. : to become reduced to inanition, helplessness, or inefficiency
 < all their vain terrors shriveling up like ghosts at sunrise — Edith Wharton >
transitive verb
: to cause to shrivel : shrink, wither
 < one blazing weekend can shrivel the receipts for the stoutest hit — Richard Maney >
 < filmy clouds which do not always disperse until the sun has risen and shrivelled them — Mary S. Broome >
II. noun
(-s)
: something (as a withered nut or fruit) that is shriveled
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