| 释义 |
wither /widhˈər/ intransitive verb- To fade or become dry
- To lose freshness
- To languish, decline
- To decay, waste
transitive verb- To cause to dry up, fade or decay
- To blight, destroy
- To humiliate, mortify or cause to feel unimportant or despicable
- To dry (eg tea)
ORIGIN: ME wederen to expose to weather withˈered adjective - Dried, faded, shrivelled
- (of a limb) stunted or shrivelled through illness or injury
withˈeredness noun withˈering noun adjective - Fading, becoming dry, etc, or causing to do so
- Used for drying or curing
- Blasting, blighting, scorching, destructive
- Snubbing, humiliating
withˈeringly adverb withˈering-floor noun The drying-floor of a malt-house |