shrivelled

英 [ˈʃrɪvld]

美 [ˈʃrɪvld]

v.  (使)枯萎，干枯，皱缩
shrivel的过去分词和过去式

过去式：shrivelled　过去分词：shrivelled　

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柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 shriveling, shriveled


• V-ERG (使)枯萎;(使)干枯;(使)皱缩
  When somethingshrivelsor when somethingshrivelsit, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains.
  1. The plant shrivels and dies.
     植物干枯而死。
  2. ...dry weather that shrivelled this summer's crops.
     造成今夏作物枯萎的干旱天气
  3. Shrivel upmeans the same asshrivel.
     shrivel up 同 shrivel
  4. The leaves started to shrivel up.
     叶子开始枯萎。

双语例句

• The risk premium that investors usually demand for holding bonds over a longer period has shrivelled.
  投资者在持有较长期债券时，通常要求获得风险溢价，而在这种情况下，长期国债的风险溢价已经大大降低。
• The hippocampus also shrivelled faster in smokers.
  海马体也会因吸烟而更快的瘪掉。
• Corn fields shrivelled and soyabeans withered in the drought-hit us last summer. But the resulting rally in food commodities meant that 2012 was a good year for agribusinesses from trading houses to tractor makers.
  去年夏季美国发生旱灾，玉米和大豆成片枯萎，粮食类大宗商品价格因此迎来大涨，对农产品贸易公司、拖拉机制造商等各类农业企业来说，这意味着2012年会是一个好年景。
• The leaves shrivelled in the sun.
  叶子在阳光下都蔫了。
• Investors must hope that their capital will not have shrivelled in the sun by the time that day arrives.
  投资者一定希望，到那时他们的资本还没有因阳光的炙烤而“萎缩”。
• Some of them carried pikes with shrivelled heads on top.
  他们中一些人手持枪尖上挂着皱缩人头的长矛。
• But making good use of the cash will challenge a domestic industry shrivelled by years of low orders.
  但是，如何利用好资金，对于因多年订单较少而萎缩的日本军工产业将是一个挑战。
• Funding for the project eventually shrivelled up.
  项目的资金最终减少了。
• Old Mr. Wu took it and laid it reverently on his lap. He closed his eyes again, a faint smile of peace on his shrivelled lips.
  吴老太爷接过来恭恭敬敬摆在膝头，就闭了眼睛，干瘪的嘴唇上浮出一丝放心了的微笑。
• The leaves had shrivelled up in the summer heat.
  在夏日的酷热之下，树叶枯萎了。