wilt

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted. countable,uncountable
  2. Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower). intransitive
  2. second-person singular simple present indicative of will archaic,form-of,indicative,present,second-person
    — 'Oh, my love, my love!' she murmured, 'wilt thou ever know how I have loved thee?' and she kissed him on the forehead, and then went and stood in the pathway of the flame of Life.
  3. To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag. intransitive
    — Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.
  4. To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower). transitive
    — Peer pressure on both partners, even from within the lesbian community, can help to wilt a budding intergenerational romance.
  5. To cause to fatigue; to exhaust. transitive

词形变化

wilts present,singular,third-person wilting participle,present wilted participle,past wilted past wilts plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).
词源 2
From Middle English wilt, from Old English wilt, from Proto-West Germanic *wilt, second person singular preterite-present of Proto-West Germanic *willjan. Cognate with Dutch wilt (“wilt”, second-person singular of willen), German willt (archaic second person singular indicative of wollen).
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