shrivelled / ˈʃrɪv əl /

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shrivelled 的定义

v. 无主动词 verb

shriv·eled, shriv·el·ing or shriv·elled, shriv·el·ling.

  1. to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness.
  2. to wither; make or become helpless or useless.

shrivelled 近义词

v. 动词 verb

dehydrate, dry up

更多shrivelled例句

  1. But as European governments cut back on the price they were willing to pay for drugs, European pharmaceutical research shrivelled.
  2. I would rather go to church with Dolly in homespun, than ride in a carriage beside that shrivelled piece of tanned leather.
  3. His skin was shrivelled like that of a preserved fig, and he wore big horn-rimmed spectacles.
  4. A little cringing shrivelled old man stood up in astonishment.
  5. The little shrivelled don who had been omniscient about guns joined in the baiting, and displayed himself a venomous creature.
  6. That magnificent proposition shrivelled to nothing in the black loneliness of that night.