withering 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.
withering 近义词
shriveling
devastating
withering 的近义词 3 个
更多withering例句
- So the thinking is that Kohl’s will get Sephora in front of new customers and away from the shopping malls that are home to Penney and have been withering for years.
- Gap is trying to execute a comeback and rebuild its relevance with customers after years of withering.
- What might happen otherwise is watching a beautiful artifact withering to “an eyesore beyond feasible restoration,” like the century-old Alvin Clark boat that was discovered in Wisconsin in the 1960s.
- If it had ended there and withered away like many other social networks before it, we might well have put it in the waste bin of history.
- That’s because when they go dormant in the winter, their stems don’t wither away.
- In the end, Hollow pulled out a withering attack that outpaced Budden both in speed and viciousness.
- “Rather whip up a soufflé”—a wonderful compliment or a withering dis?
- The Obama administration has come under withering criticism because the whereabouts of abu Khatallah have been generally known.
- Brzezinski was withering, however, asking de Blasio outright, “Why are you hostile to charters?”
- After the film opened to withering reviews, his despair was complete.
- But the withering mildew was now breathed forth, that was intended to blast this goodly harvest.
- "Certainly not, Mr. Gilbert Rushmere," drawing herself up, with a withering air of spurious dignity.
- It throve because it came with the tempting bribe of Heaven in one hand, and the withering threat of Hell in the other.
- The stones and metal rattle inEach dry and withering ear, As lackadaisical they loll,And preen themselves, and peer.
- Mrs Pike cast a withering glance at Digby; such a piece of insubordination had not been met with for a long time to her authority.