| 英语单词 | wilt |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [wɪlt] 美 [wɪlt] |
| 中文释义 | v.(使)枯萎;(使)萎靡 n.枯萎;憔悴 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The flowers are wilting for lack of water. (2) Several sleepless nights made him wilt. (3) We are the flowers in the wind, blooming for its wilt. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这些花因缺水而渐渐枯萎。 (2) 数个不眠之夜使他憔悴。 (3) 我们是风中飘落的花朵,为了枯萎而盛开。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When things droop from heat, lack of water, or illness, they wilt. If you go on vacation for two weeks and forget to water your plants first, they will wilt. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The vegetables in your garden will wilt if they're attacked by slugs or don't get enough moisture — and people can be said to wilt too, especially when they're limp and weak from exhaustion. A long walk on the hottest day of summer can make you wilt. Wilt was most likely first spelled welk, from the Middle Dutch word welken, "to wither or become soft." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]枯萎;凋谢;发蔫 If a plant wilts, it gradually bends downwards and becomes weak because it needs more water or is dying. [V] [V-ed]
2 [VERB 动词]变得萎靡不振;打蔫儿;消沉 If someone wilts, they become weak or tired, or lose confidence. [V]
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