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单词 shrivelled
释义
shrivelled
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adj

WORD FAMILY
shrivel: shriveled, shriveling, shrivelled, shrivelling, shrivels
USAGE EXAMPLES
Beyond capturing the cyclical transformations of season—verdant kudzu shrivelled brown, bare trees turned fruitful—the photographs highlight the creeping passage of time.
The New Yorker(Dec 06, 2016)
There’s also fruit – oranges – they look pretty bad because they’re kind of shrivelled up, but they smell amazing.
The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016)
Those beyond this range, or too far from the interstate, shrivelled.”
The Guardian(Nov 10, 2016)
1adj (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Syn
dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, withered
dry
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
2adj lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Syn
shriveled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
lean, thin
lacking excess flesh
3adj reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Syn
shriveled, shrunken
decreased, reduced
made less in size or amount or degree
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