wither 的 2 个定义
- to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- to lose the freshness of youth, as from age.
- to make flaccid, shrunken, or dry, as from loss of moisture; cause to lose freshness, bloom, vigor, etc.: The drought withered the buds.
- to affect harmfully: Reputations were withered by the scandal.
- to abash, as by a scathing glance: a look that withered him.
wither 近义词
droop, decline
更多wither例句
- Left to fight a losing battle in the Republican Party, as the recent CPAC confirmed, the withering pro-democracy faction is up against frightening odds.
- The brass blade won’t rust or wear down and it won’t scratch your windshield wither.
- The story he remembers hearing is that his grandfather wanted his father to become a partner in crime, but his dad refused, and their relationship withered.
- The companies are not, of course, planning on withering away any time soon.
- He has also unleashed withering dissents of weak enforcement actions and has been unafraid to go it alone.
- Why this reluctant partnership might be best left to wither.
- But as time goes by, Chloe falls ill and begins to wither away.
- Will he, like Khal Drogo before him, wither away from an infected wound?
- Three words and you were on the floor because their breath would wither your face.
- And second, the right-wing political class, operatives and people at think tanks, who want the welfare state to wither away.
- How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?
- In those glooms the sinews of mental energy wither with dying hope.
- Then I shall wither in single blessedness; I shall be unhappily not married instead of unhappily married.
- Never let another child strike the boy, for that child would at once wither and die.
- Should I leave this incomparable flower to wither unseen on these rough mountains?