shrivel
vt.& vi. (因熱力,嚴寒、乾燥、年老等而)枯萎,皺縮
When something shrivels or when something shrivels it, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains.
The plant shrivels and dies.
植物乾枯而死。
...dry weather that shrivelled this summer's crops.
造成今夏作物枯萎的乾旱天氣
1. wither, especially with a loss of moisture;
2. decrease in size, range, or extent;
Soon it would shrivel away.
可能一會兒就枯萎了.
The paper would shrivel and blaze at every touch of the fiery pen.
每當那熾熱的筆尖落下紙張會皺起,燃燒.
The tetrads eventually shrivel or are resorbed.
這種四分體最終萎縮或被再吸收.
If you stay in that bathtub any longer, you'll shrivel up into a prune.
如果你再呆在水裡, 你要皺成一個乾果了.
The penis is the first to shrivel when it's cold.
天氣冷時,首先收縮的是它.