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单词 shriveled
释义
Shriveled
vverb.changewither, as with a loss of moisture
Synset:shrink shrivel shrivel up wither
Examples:
  • The fruit dried and shriveled
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveldecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:atrophyblastdie backdie downdry upmummify
Full Troponyms:atrophyblastdie backmummify
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changedecrease in size, range, or extent
Synset:shrink shrivel
Examples:
  • His earnings shrank
  • My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
Derivationally Related Form:shrinking
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Their earnings --- this year (apply to: shrivel, shrink)
adj satadj.all(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Topic:botanyfloravegetation
Synset:dried-up sear sere shrivelled withered
Examples:
  • dried-up grass
  • the desert was edged with sere vegetation
  • shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
  • withered vines
Antonyms:wet
Derivationally Related Form:sereness
Inherited Hypernyms:dried-up
Similar to:dry
adj satadj.alllean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Synset:shrivelled shrunken withered wizen wizened
Examples:
  • the old woman's shriveled skin
  • he looked shriveled and ill
  • a shrunken old man
  • a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
  • he did well despite his withered arm
  • a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
Antonyms:fat
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveled
Similar to:lean thin
adj satadj.allreduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Synset:shrivelled shrunken
Examples:
  • our shriveled receipts during the storm
  • as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
  • the dollar's shrunken buying power
Antonyms:increased
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveled
Similar to:decreased reduced
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