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  1. Oxford Dictionary

    shrivel

    • IPA[ˈʃrɪvl]

    英式

    • v.
      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

    • 釋義

    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