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shrivel
- IPA[ˈʃrɪvl]
英式
- wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture;lose momentum, will, or desire
verb: shrivel, 3rd person present: shrivels, gerund or present participle: shrivelling, past tense: shrivelled, past participle: shrivelled
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動詞
- 1. wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture the flowers simply shrivelled up a heatwave so intense that it shrivelled the grapes in every vineyard
- ▪ lose momentum, will, or desire as American interest shrivelled, so did the government's
- ▪ cause to feel worthless or insignificant she shrivelled him with one glance
- wrinkled and shrunken, especially as a result of loss of moisture or old age: a handful of shrivelled leaves his shrivelled limbs
Oxford Dictionary
- wrinkled and contracted, especially due to loss of moisture or old age: her long, shriveled hand
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈSHriv(ə)l]
美式
- wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture: the flowers simply shriveled up a heat wave so intense that it shriveled the grapes in every vineyard
Oxford American Dictionary