shrivel
美 [??r?v(?)l] 
英 ['?r?v(?)l]
詞形變化
過去式：shrivelled 過去式：shriveled 現在分詞：shrivelling 現在分詞：shriveling 第三人稱單數：shrivels 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | （使）枯萎，干枯，皺縮to become or make sth dry and wrinkled as a result of heat, cold or being old |
| The leaves on the plant had shrivelled up from lack of water. 因為缺水，植物的葉子已經枯萎了。 |
| The hot weather had shrivelled the grapes in every vineyard. 天氣炎熱，各家葡萄園的葡萄都蔫了。 |
英漢解釋
v. | 1. (使)皺縮;(使)干癟;(使)枯萎;(使)無能為力,(使)失效 |
英英解釋
例句
Of course, managers have to be able to say yes too, otherwise their organisations would shrivel up and die.
當然，經理也必須能說“是”，否則他們的組織將枯萎死亡。
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance . It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
不管是你得到的或是你欠別人的，可你的財產、名譽和權勢也都會變成和你毫不相干的東西。
Were he now to back away from his UN bid, his clout among his own people would shrivel.
倘若他現在在他的聯合國入聯申請中有所退縮，那么他對自身民眾的影響力就會大打折扣。
The paper started to shrivel and curl up in the heat.
那張紙在高溫下開始起皺卷曲。
Lack of vitamin A causes membranes around the organs to shrivel, leaving them vulnerable.
缺少維生素A導致器官周圍的膜萎縮，使它們不堪一擊。
The bank predicts that the GDP of Malaysia and Cambodia will shrink by 1% and Thailand's economy will shrivel by 2. 7%.
世行預計，馬來西亞和柬埔寨將萎縮1%，而泰國將達2.
Knowing that climate change could shrivel their harvests, wine growers can plan ahead, but planting for the future can be a gamble.
知道氣候變化會減少他們收成的葡萄酒種植戶們得以謀事在前，但為未來種植是場賭博。
If an organ is somehow severed from its body, it will shrivel and die. It cannot exist on its own, and neither can you.
假如一個器官與身體分離，就會萎縮死去，絕無法單獨存在；你也是這樣。
As house prices plunge and savings shrivel, divorcing couples are fighting over a shrinking cake.
隨著房價跳水、積蓄萎縮，離婚夫婦現在爭奪的蛋糕正在變小。
If you stay in that bathtub any longer, you'll shrivel up into a prune.
如果你再呆在水里，你要皺成一個干果了。
The support comes at a cost: the deal dilutes existing shareholders' capital by half and the dividend will shrivel.
貸款導致的損失：交易將現有股東的資本價值降低了一半，紅利也有所減少。
In the absence of vultures, they have been reduced to rigging their towers with solar reflectors to shrivel the corpses.
如果沒有兀鷲的話，帕西人就不得不在高塔上裝備太陽反射裝置來把死尸照枯。
To dry up or shrivel from or as if from loss of moisture .
干枯，枯萎因或似乎因失去水分而變干燥或枯萎。
Why finial superior from political and business circle feel so shrivel in face of financial crisis?
為什么政界和商界及金融界的頂尖高手面對金融危機卻束手無策呢？！
As their contributions soar and Western ones stagnate or shrivel, the aid world is seeing genuine competition.
隨著他們的貢獻劇增而西方援助停滯或萎縮，援助國之間迎來真真的較量。
Unlike some plants that struggle to survive, lose the battle, shrivel and die, garden weeds are indomitable.
某些植物為了生存努力掙扎戰斗，卻最終以失敗告終，枯萎死亡。
A judgment in Mayo's favour, they contend, will undermine existing patents and shrivel investment in personalised medicine.
偏向于梅奧的支持方爭辯道這將破壞現有的專利及導致對個性化藥品的投資減少。
If they move to another country, their chances of staying in touch with family members shrivel.
如果他們被跨國收養，他們與家庭成員保持聯系的機會幾乎沒有了。
Unless drugs firms continually bring enough new products to market to replace lost revenues they will shrivel and die.
除非制藥公司持續推出足夠多的新產品以彌補收入損失，否則就會衰落甚至倒閉。
Oct. 5--Americans have seen their retirement savings shrivel, home equity evaporate and job security vanish.
十月五日，美國人看到自己的退休儲蓄縮水，家庭權益和職業安全憑空消失。
Wights are armed with horrible Bane Blades that cause mortal flesh to decay and shrivel.
惡靈裝備著令人恐懼的怨毒之劍，可令生物的皮肉腐爛干枯。
Japan, in contrast, saw productivity growth shrivel in the early 1990s.
反觀日本，卻遭遇了生產力的萎縮。
Why do you always seem to shrivel up when we meet new people at parties? You cannot avoid them for ever.
為什么你總是在聯歡會時怕見生人呢？你不可能永遠避開他們。
One of the terrible aspects of acute mental distress , as Borgna so perceptively puts it, is that words shrivel up and become meaningless .
就像博爾尼亞極富見地的表述一樣，極度的精神困擾所表現出的一種可怕狀況是：語言逐漸枯澀，并變得毫無意義。
With 19-20 hours of nap time. The habitat of lions has shriveled, and threatens to shrivel more.
它們的午睡時間有19-20個小時。獅子的棲息地已經變小，而且很有可能更小。
To wither or shrivel or mature imperfectly.
枯萎：枯萎，萎縮或發育不良。
Vegetablesshould be kept at room temperature and not in the fridge as they can over ripe in the fridge and shrivel up.
蔬菜應在室溫下保存，不要放在冰箱內，因為它們在冰箱里能過分熟化和枯萎。
Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel.
把鱗莖種到地里，否則會開始干枯的。
As a result, our workforces will shrivel, almost certainly beginning in 2009.
其結果是，幾乎可以肯定的從2009年開始，我們的勞動力將會縮減。
To dry up ; wither or shrivel .
枯萎，萎縮或發育不良。
"I was sure I'd shrivel up and die if I didn't eat meat, " recalls Joe Schneider, a mailman who is into bodybuilding .
“以前我確信自己如果不吃肉，就會衰弱而死。”一位熱衷于健美的郵差先生喬伊舒奈德回想道。
We will dry and shrivel up if we only have wisdom but no love.
如果我們有智慧而沒有愛心的話，我們是很乾枯的。
Sedimentation Shrivel in Ningxia-Inner Mongolia Section of the Yellow River and Its Influence to Ice Run Floods
黃河寧蒙河段河道淤積萎縮及其對凌汛的影響
Cause and Countermeasure of Rice Shrivel
水稻谷粒空秕原因及對策
Plans Shrivel for Chinese Eco-City
中國生態城計劃遇阻
