withered

英 ['wɪðəd] 美 ['wɪðərd]

• adj. 枯萎的；干瘪的；（人身体的部分器官）因病萎缩的或未发育良好的
• 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式.

英英释义

Adjective:

1. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;

   "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"
   "he did well despite his withered arm"
   "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
   

2. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;

   "dried-up grass"
   "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"
   "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"
   "withered vines"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Trees are withered and bare in late autumn.
   深秋，树木凋零了。
2. The withered plants revived in the rain.
   枯萎的植物在雨中又活了。
3. But it had a withered body, shrivelled wings.
   但是它的身体很干瘪，翅膀也皱巴巴的。
4. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage.
   此人身子枯瘦，满脸皱纹，面目可憎。

词汇搭配

• wither 枯萎，干枯
• withered disease 萎瘪病
• withered green malt 晾干的绿麦芽...

近反义词

【近义词】

• contracted 收缩了的
• peaked 有遮檐的
• shrivelled 皱缩(使 ... 束手...
• shriveled 皱缩的
• shrunken 缩小的
• sear 使 ... 干枯
• dried-up 干缩的
• sere 干枯的
• wizen 干涸
• wizened 皱缩的