shrivel
英[ʃrɪv(ə)l]
美['ʃrɪvl]
- vi. 枯萎；皱缩
- vt. 使枯萎；使皱缩；使束手无策
词态变化
第三人称单数: shrivels;过去式: shrivelled;过去分词: shrivelled;现在分词: shrivelling;形容词: shrivelled;
助记提示
1. shrivel 和 shrink 它们音近形近义近，并且它们似乎都来源于北欧语中音近形近义近的单词，因此它们很可能具有同源性，或者具有近亲关系。
2. 根据音近义通的一般原理和单词的词源信息而得出的猜测。
3. 音近义通、音形一体，音决定了形，形决定了音。
中文词源
shrivel 皱缩，枯萎，干枯
词源不详，可能与 shrink 与相联系。比较 shake,shiver.
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel.
- 把鳞茎种到地里, 否则会开始干枯的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The leaves started to shrivel up.
- 叶子开始枯萎。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Then their seed ripens, and soon they turn brown and shrivel up.
- 随后,它们的种子熟了, 不久就变枯萎.
来自辞典例句
- 4. The tetrads eventually shrivel or are resorbed.
- 这种四分体最终萎缩或被再吸收.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The penis is the first to shrivel when it's cold.
- 天气冷时,首先收缩的是它.
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