| 英语单词 | withering |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['wɪðərɪŋ] 美 ['wɪðərɪŋ] |
| 中文释义 | adj.摧毁的;毁灭的;干枯的;使畏缩的 动词wither的现在分词形式. |
| 英语例句 | (1) And not to be trapped by withering laurels. (2) She fixed Bill with her withering gaze. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 还不至于被干枯的月桂枝牵绊。 (2) 她以令人畏缩的眼神凝视比尔。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Withering is the process of becoming weaker. You can watch the withering of a flower bouquet in water — over the days and weeks, the blossoms become droopy and faded. |
| vocabulary扩展 | You might talk about the withering of trees in a drought or the withering of people's bank accounts during an economic recession. Withering can also be used as an adjective, to describe something with a terrible, destructive strength, like a withering hurricane. It comes from the verb wither, to dry up or shrivel, from the Old English word wydderen, which is a variation on wederen, "to expose to the weather." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](眼神、话语)尖刻的,令人难堪的,咄咄逼人的 A withering look or remark is very critical, and is intended to make someone feel ashamed or stupid. [usu ADJ n]
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