shrivel

动词 v.
中文释义
发音 shrĭ'vəl

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To collapse inward; to crumble. intransitive
    — The plant shrivelled from lack of water.
  2. To become wrinkled. intransitive
    — His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.
  3. To draw into wrinkles. transitive
    — The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.

词形变化

shrivels present,singular,third-person shriveling US,participle,present shrivelling UK,participle,present shriveled US,participle,past shriveled US,past shrivelled UK,participle,past shrivelled UK,past

词汇关系

衍生词
shriveler shrivel up

词源

First recorded as shriveled (“shrivelled”), probably of North Germanic origin related to dialectal Swedish skryvla (“to wrinkle, shrivel”); perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną (“to shrivel, shrink”) or *skrimpaną (“to shrink”).
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