shrivel

英 [?r?v(?)l] 美['?r?vl]
  • vi. 枯萎；皺縮
  • vt. 使枯萎；使皺縮；使束手無策
暢通詞匯TEM8GRETOEFL低頻詞

詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱單數(shù):?shrivels;過去式:?shrivelled;過去分詞:?shrivelled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?shrivelling;形容詞:?shrivelled;

助記提示

1. shrivel 和 shrink 它們音近形近義近，并且它們似乎都來源于北歐語中音近形近義近的單詞，因此它們很可能具有同源性，或者具有近親關(guān)系。
2. 根據(jù)音近義通的一般原理和單詞的詞源信息而得出的猜測。
3. 音近義通、音形一體，音決定了形，形決定了音。

中文詞源

shrivel 皺縮，枯萎，干枯

詞源不詳，可能與 shrink 與相聯(lián)系。比較 shake,shiver.

英文詞源

shrivel (v.)
1560s (implied in shriveled), of unknown origin, not found in Middle English; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skryvla "to wrinkle, to shrivel"), perhaps ultimately connected with shrimp (n.) and shrink (v.). Related: Shriveled; shriveling.

雙語例句

1. 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.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The leaves started to shrivel up.
葉子開始枯萎。

來自辭典例句

3. Then their seed ripens, and soon they turn brown and shrivel up.
隨后,它們的種子熟了, 不久就變枯萎.

來自辭典例句

4. The tetrads eventually shrivel or are resorbed.
這種四分體最終萎縮或被再吸收.

來自辭典例句

5. The penis is the first to shrivel when it's cold.
天氣冷時,首先收縮的是它.

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