| 单词 | wither |
| 释义 | wither (once / 370 pages) v Wither means to shrivel up or shrink. If you forget to water your plants for six weeks, they'll wither — they'll dry up and you probably won't be able to bring them back to life. Wither comes from the Middle English word wydderen, meaning "dry up, shrivel." In addition to shrinking, the verb wither can also refer to losing vitality and fading away, like people who wither as they age. They slowly lose their physical stamina and grow feeble. People also start to physically shrink at a certain age. In that way, they wither in both senses. Not only do they wither by losing their youth, they also wither by shrinking. WORD FAMILYwither: withered, withering, withers+/withering: witheringly, witherings USAGE EXAMPLESThe reality is closer to the latter: The Baltimore artist depicts discarded plants, left to wither. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Washington Irving described Madison as “but a withered little apple-John.” New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Within a few years, they'd withered away into political obscurity. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) 1v lose freshness, vigor, or vitality Syn|Hyper fade disappear, go away, vanish get lost, as without warning or explanation 2v wither, as with a loss of moisture Syn|Hypo|Hyper shrink, shrivel, shrivel up atrophy undergo atrophy blastshrivel or wither or mature imperfectly die back, die downsuffer from a disease that kills shoots dry up, mummifydry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range |
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