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shrivel v.（使）枯萎；（使）干枯；（使）皱缩 (1) 在阳光的直射下，小苗会枯萎的。(2) 因空气干燥皮子都皱了。 A lack of moisture can cause something to shrivel, and in humans it tends to be the natural process of aging that makes people shrivel a bit. Flowers will shrivel if you forget to water them, and grapes will eventually shrivel into raisins if you dry them out long enough. The root of shrivel is uncertain, but it may have a Scandinavian source and be related to the Swedish word skryvla, "to wrinkle."

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英 ['ʃrɪvl] 美 ['ʃrɪvl] (1) Under the direct sunlight young plants will shrivel up.(2) The dry air shrivels the leather. When things shrivel, they wrinkle up and get smaller, the way leaves begin to shrivel and turn brown in the fall. in AM, use 美国英语用 shriveling, shriveled1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)枯萎；(使)干枯；(使)皱缩 When something shrivels or when something shrivels it, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains.   [V]  [V n]  [V P]The plant shrivels and dies.植物干枯而死。...dry weather that shrivelled this summer's crops.造成今夏作物枯萎的干旱天气Shrivel up means the same as shrivel .shrivel up 同 shrivelThe leaves started to shrivel up.叶子开始枯萎。shrivelled...a shriveled chestnut...干瘪的栗子It looked old and shrivelled.它看上去苍老而干枯。

英语单词	shrivel
英美音标	英 ['ʃrɪvl] 美 ['ʃrɪvl]
中文释义	v.（使）枯萎；（使）干枯；（使）皱缩
英语例句	(1) Under the direct sunlight young plants will shrivel up. (2) The dry air shrivels the leather.
中文例句	(1) 在阳光的直射下，小苗会枯萎的。 (2) 因空气干燥皮子都皱了。
vocabulary简明	When things shrivel, they wrinkle up and get smaller, the way leaves begin to shrivel and turn brown in the fall.
vocabulary扩展	A lack of moisture can cause something to shrivel, and in humans it tends to be the natural process of aging that makes people shrivel a bit. Flowers will shrivel if you forget to water them, and grapes will eventually shrivel into raisins if you dry them out long enough. The root of shrivel is uncertain, but it may have a Scandinavian source and be related to the Swedish word skryvla, "to wrinkle."
柯林斯解释	in AM, use 美国英语用 shriveling, shriveled 1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)枯萎；(使)干枯；(使)皱缩 When something shrivels or when something shrivels it, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains. [V] [V n] [V P] The plant shrivels and dies. 植物干枯而死。 ...dry weather that shrivelled this summer's crops. 造成今夏作物枯萎的干旱天气 Shrivel up means the same as shrivel .shrivel up 同 shrivel The leaves started to shrivel up. 叶子开始枯萎。 shrivelled ...a shriveled chestnut... 干瘪的栗子 It looked old and shrivelled. 它看上去苍老而干枯。

Shrivel Dry Smaller Leaves Water [V 英 ʃrɪvl] 美