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wizened

/wiz-uhnd; wee-zuhnd/US // ˈwɪz ənd; ˈwi zənd //UK // (ˈwɪzənd) //

干瘪瘪的,干瘦的,干瘪的,干枯的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : withered; shriveled: a wizened old man; wizened features.

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Examples

  • The relationship doesn’t always look like it once did, with the wizened elder guiding the naive upstart.

  • He even looks like Yoda, with his wizened, deeply-lined face.

  • Seventeen years later, Bird, 40, has assumed the role of wizened veteran, both on and off the court.

  • On this day, I think back to an interview I conducted several years ago with a tiny, wizened woman named Tran Thi Nhut.

  • As one wizened figure in The Dragon-Song Chronicle puts it, “Magic is not the only power in this world.”

  • She sighs exasperatedly and dispenses surprisingly lucid advice like a wizened old veteran.

  • This year, though, things were different: Retailers wizened up to the freebie-game—and found new ways for visitors to shop.

  • While no one was looking, Darth Vader has been replaced by a wizened, if still ornery, Grandpa Munster.

  • One was a little wizened man who seemed, for all his apparent age, extremely agile.

  • In the midst of the meal the officer reappeared, ushering in a small wizened-faced individual of unmistakably English appearance.

  • A wizened old Malay, with a crooked back and bereft of one eye, rose and shook a spear venomously.

  • His face looked old and wizened and haunted from the strain.

  • I looked more closely, and saw the wizened little old hunter who had shot Broken-Tooth out of the tree years before.