首頁英語詞典shrunkenshrunken英英釋意

shrunken

英 ['?r??k?n] 美['?r??k?n]
  • adj. 縮小的，縮攏的
  • v. 收縮，縮短（shrink的過去分詞）

英英釋意

1. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;
"the old woman's shriveled skin"
"he looked shriveled and ill"
"a shrunken old man"
"a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
"he did well despite his withered arm"
"a wizened little man with frizzy gray hair"
2. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity;
"our shriveled receipts during the storm"
"as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"
"the dollar's shrunken buying power"
3. reduced in size by being drawn together;
"the shrunken dress was entirely too tight to wear"