英语词汇“wither”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	wither
释义	with·er I. \ˈwithə(r)\ verb (withered ; withered ; withering \-th(ə)riŋ\ ; withers) Etymology: Middle English widderen, widren; probably akin to Middle English wederen to weather — more at weather *intransitive verb* 1. : to become dry and sapless : shrivel up < crops withered and crumbled to dust — American Guide Series: Texas > 2. : to lose bodily moisture : become dried up : waste away in body < seeming to contract, to wither before their shocked eyes, with his cheeks and the hollows behind his ears all sunken in — Angus Mowat > 3. : to lose vitality, force, or freshness : decay, decline, fade < the tariffs and prohibitions which caused industries to flourish or wither — Times Literary Supplement > — often used with away *transitive verb* 1. a. : to cause (as a plant) to dry up : shrivel < the cold winds blew from the east, withering grass and plants and trees — Kathleen Freeman > b. : to subject (tea leaves) to a drying process c. : to check the growth of (germinating barley) on the malting floor in brewing 2. : to cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay < age cannot wither her — Shakespeare > 3. a. : to cause to lose freshness, vitality, or force < control will wither science by destroying its precious essence of originality and spontaneity — R.P.Patterson > b. : to make speechless or incapable of action : paralyze, stun < withered him with a look — Dorothy Sayers > < before she could wither him for his impertinence, he swept her on to the floor in a waltz — Anthony Glyn > II. noun (-s) : the process of withering tea leaves < black, well twisted leaf denotes a good wither — W.A.Ukers >
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