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wilt

/wilt/US // wɪlt //UK // (wɪlt) //

枯萎,萎缩,凋谢,发蔫

Related Words

droop垂头丧气,耷拉着脑袋,垂头丧气的,下垂ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的melt融化,熔化,融化了,熔炼wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱shrivel萎缩,起皱纹,缩水,萎靡不振succumb屈服,屈服于,屈从于,屈从cave in在地陷collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴mummify木乃伊化,木乃伊,变成木乃伊,化腐朽为神奇flag旗帜,旗子,国旗,旗号weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦waste浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃languish煎熬,苟延残喘,煎熬着,苟延残喘的

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower; wither.
    • : to lose strength, vigor, assurance, etc.: to wilt after a day's hard work.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to wilt.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Also wilt disease .

    • : the act of wilting, or the state of being wilted: a sudden wilt of interest in the discussion.
    • : Plant Pathology. the drying out, drooping, and withering of the leaves of a plant due to inadequate water supply, excessive transpiration, or vascular disease.a disease so characterized, as fusarium wilt.
    • : a virus disease of various caterpillars, characterized by the liquefaction of body tissues.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbsag, fail
Forms: wilted, wilting
Synonyms
cave in在地陷diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱droop垂头丧气,耷拉着脑袋,垂头丧气的,下垂dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的melt融化,熔化,融化了,熔炼shrivel萎缩,起皱纹,缩水,萎靡不振succumb屈服,屈服于,屈从于,屈从wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴flag旗帜,旗子,国旗,旗号languish煎熬,苟延残喘,煎熬着,苟延残喘的mummify木乃伊化,木乃伊,变成木乃伊,化腐朽为神奇sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦waste浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了become limp瘫痪,瘫软,酥软,瘫倒break down分解,崩溃,溃败,破解dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯give out放出,放出了,发放,放出消息waste away浪费,浪费了,消减,浪费掉wizen智者,智慧,巫师,聪明人

Examples

  • Add the spinach a few handfuls at a time, adding more as the spinach in the pan begins to wilt.

  • If you just have it out at a farmer’s market, it’s going to wilt.

  • Ly braises radishes in a buttery broth, then folds in their greens until wilted.

  • Cook until they wilt and the liquid reduces slightly, 2 to 3 minutes.

  • Add the spinach and salt, and cook until the spinach wilts, releases its liquid and dries out, about 5 minutes.

  • Wilt Chamberlain once pointed out that “nobody loves Goliath,” as an excuse for his enduring unpopularity.

  • They have to have the courage not to wilt or get the vapors whenever a right-winger invokes the evil gummint or the hated Kenyan.

  • But the two young girls, Thornton and Wilt, never seemed to lose energy.

  • At the foot of the adjacent 4-foot high gravestones are floral arrangements that are just starting to wilt.

  • And I do agree with him on Wilt Chamberlain, whom we will discuss at length in the future.

  • The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.

  • And how wilt thou stand against the face of the judge of one place, of the least of my master's servants?

  • I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

  • For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.

  • Wilt thou yet say before them that slay thee: I am God; whereas thou art a man, and not God, in the hand of them that slay thee?

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