单词 | wilt |
释义 | wilt1/wɪlt /verb 1 [no object] (Of a plant, leaf, or flower) become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop.At this time, chill treatment seedlings were severely wilted with extensive leaf rolling characteristic of water-stressed maize....
Synonyms droop, sag, become limp, become flaccid, flop; wither, shrivel (up) 1.1(Of a person) lose energy, vigour, or confidence: Lady Beresford was beginning to wilt as she greeted the long line of guests...
Synonyms languish, flag, lose energy, become listless, feel weak/faint; droop, sag 2 [with object] Leave (mown grass or a forage crop) in the open to dry partially before being collected for silage.Alfalfa herbage was wilted, chopped, and conserved as AS by procedures and in a storage structure defined previously for SGS....
noun [mass noun, usually with modifier] Any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases of plants characterized by wilting of the foliage: these varieties are more resistant to aphids and wilt...
OriginLate 17th century (originally dialect): perhaps an alteration of dialect welk 'lose freshness', of Low German origin. Rhymeswilt2/wɪlt / Archaic second person singular of will1. |
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