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单词 withered
释义
Withered
vverb.changewither, as with a loss of moisture
Synset:shrink shrivel shrivel up wither
Examples:
  • The fruit dried and shriveled
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveldecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:atrophyblastdie backdie downdry upmummify
Full Troponyms:atrophyblastdie backmummify
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changelose freshness, vigor, or vitality
Synset:fade wither
Examples:
  • Her bloom was fading
Derivationally Related Form:witheringfading
Hypernyms:disappear go away vanish
Inherited Hypernyms:fadedisappear
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
adj satadj.alllean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Synset:shriveled shrivelled shrunken wizen wizened
Examples:
  • the old woman's shriveled skin
  • he looked shriveled and ill
  • a shrunken old man
  • a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
  • he did well despite his withered arm
  • a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
Antonyms:fat
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveled
Similar to:lean thin
adj satadj.all(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Topic:botanyfloravegetation
Synset:dried-up sear sere shriveled shrivelled
Examples:
  • dried-up grass
  • the desert was edged with sere vegetation
  • shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
  • withered vines
Antonyms:wet
Derivationally Related Form:sereness
Inherited Hypernyms:dried-up
Similar to:dry
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