| 单词 | wither |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['wi0ə] |
| 解释 | v.枯萎，凋零 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.枯萎，凋零(to shrivel from loss of bodily moisture) 【考】 dehydrate : water / wither : vitality(脱水使水份降低/枯 萎使活力降低)反义词：burgeon(发 芽); revive(复活) 【记】 weather(天气)不好了 ，植物就会wither 【例】 He is withering away.(他形容日益憔 悴) |
| 字源 | wither (v.) 1530s, alteration of Middle English wydderen "dry up, shrivel" (late 14c.), intransitive, apparently a differentiated and special use of wederen "to expose to weather" (see weather (v.)). Compare German verwittern "to become weather-beaten," from Witter "weather." Transitive sense from 1550s. Related: Withered; withering; witheringly. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. (因失去水份而)枯萎; 凋零 【记】weather不好, 植物就会wither. 【类】dehydrate: water = wither: vitality脱水使水份降低 = 枯萎使活力降低 【反】burgeon(n /v 发芽); revive(v 复活) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自weather，风霜雪雨，随着天气变化，花会枯萎；with her 最大心愿就是与她一起变老 |
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