英:[ˈwɪðəz]
美:[ˈwɪðərz]
英:[ˈwɪðəz]
美:[ˈwɪðərz]
n.
马肩隆
v.
(使)枯萎, (使)干枯, (使)凋谢( wither的第三人称单数 )
萎缩,(尤指渐渐)破灭,消失
with·ers
wI thrz
Noun
1. sensibility to trouble (as in the phrase `wring one's withers');
"the lawsuit was wringing his withers"
"our withers are unwrung"--Shakespeare
2. the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
wither away枯萎;幻灭
1570年代,可能来自于古英语 wiðer 的方言残留,意为“反对,相反,相反的”(见 with),加上复数后缀。通常被认为是这样称呼的,因为马背上的肩隆是抵抗负荷的部位。比较德语 Widerrist “马肩隆”,来自 wider “反对”+ Rist “腕关节”。
马肩隆
马肩隆:马肩胛间隆起部
probably from obsolete English wither- against, from Middle English, from Old English, from wither against; from the withers being the parts which resist the pull in drawing a load — more at with
The first known use of withers was in 1580
witness1 of 2noun
testimony sense 1
bear false witness
one who gives evidence especially before a court of law
one present at an action (as a wedding) who can testify to its having taken place
one who has personal knowledge or experience of something
something serving as evidence or proof : sign
public affirmation of usually religious conviction
witness2 of 2verb
to give testimony to : testify
to act as legal witness of
witness a document
to be or give proof of
their actions witness their guilt
to have personal knowledge of : see for oneself
had witnessed the accident
to publicly assert one's religious convictions
witness1 of 2noun
testimony sense 1
bear false witness
one who gives evidence especially before a court of law
one present at an action (as a wedding) who can testify to its having taken place
one who has personal knowledge or experience of something
something serving as evidence or proof : sign
public affirmation of usually religious conviction
witness2 of 2verb
to give testimony to : testify
to act as legal witness of
witness a document
to be or give proof of
their actions witness their guilt
to have personal knowledge of : see for oneself
had witnessed the accident
to publicly assert one's religious convictions
witlessadjective
lacking wit : foolish
withstandverb
to stand against : resistespecially: to oppose successfully
without1 of 3preposition
outside entry 4 sense 1
they stood without the castle gates
out of the range or limits of
not without our capabilities
not having : in the absence of
without food
not accompanied by or showing
spoke without thinking
without2 of 3adverb
on the outside
with something lacking or absent
learn to do without
without3 of 3noun
an outer place or area
within1 of 3adverb
in or into the interior : inside
inside oneself : inwardly
look within for imaginative ideas
within2 of 3preposition
in or into the inner part of
within the house
not beyond the bounds or limits of
within sight
within3 of 3noun
an inner place or area
withholdverb
to hold back : restrain
withhold an angry response
to refuse to grant, give, or allow
withhold permission
to deduct (withholding tax) from income
withholdverb
to hold back : restrain
withhold an angry response
to refuse to grant, give, or allow
withhold permission
to deduct (withholding tax) from income
withersplural noun
the ridge between the shoulder bones of a horsealso: a corresponding part in other four-footed animals (as dogs)
withersnoun plural
the ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse
a part corresponding to the withers in a quadruped other than a horse
1 Like a flower he blossoms and then withers; like a shadow he flees and never stays.
他象朵花似的盛开而后枯萎, 象影子似的漂浮不定.
2 Unfortunately, “The Past” is one of those books that withers in summary.
3 Much of the comic punch comes from the stand-off between a fully “self-actualized” Peggy, giddy with delusional empowerment, and an increasingly unsettled Dodd, who often withers in the face of it.
4 Tell me about Old Man Withers.
告诉我老者威瑟斯的事。
5 Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.
只有在信仰凋敝的年代,智力才会兴旺发达.
6 While he says that it will be “many, many years” before jihadist terrorism “withers and dies,” he believes that it does not pose an existential threat like World War II or the Cold War.
7 As Christianity withers in Europe, old churches are converted into apartments and community centers, and new churches seem determined to accommodate secular habits.
8 Lancelot leaned on the withers of his horse, lifted his right leg over the crupper, and found himself on the ground.
9 In the process of transmuting the mid-rib of the leaf, the plant undergoes a proliferation of new vascular tissue — and avoids rotting while the rest of the leaf withers away.
10 After the juice is thus drawn out, the tree Withers and dies.
这些汁水被这样抽出来之后,这棵树就枯萎死亡了。
11 Then I got me a second rope and tied it tight around his middle, just back of his withers.
12 Protects not the old myth and the fable together, never withers and falls.
一起守护不老的神话和传说,永不凋落。
13 Meanwhile, their immediate locale withers in the grip of a long-term drought, and Livy’s grandmother may lose her farm.
14 Withers, however, was already an unperson.
然而维泽斯, 他已经是一个非人.
15 A difficult tale. I have sympathy for Withers, but I have my own problems to concern me.
一个复杂的故事。我十分同情威瑟斯的遭遇,但是我还有自己的问题要去解决。
16 Well, we surely know the ways in which love bursts and Withers away during the time of intimacy.
其实我们早就知道,关于爱的滋生和枯萎无非就发生在那些暧昧的时间中。
17 “That which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction,” wrote Benjamin, “is the aura of the work of art.”
18 Address these underlying causes, the theory goes, and violence withers.
19 The grass withers , the the flower fades , but the word of our God stand forever.
草会枯干, 花也凋残; 惟有我们上帝的话语,必永存于世.
20 More commonly, the dryness comes back and the fuzz of grass withers or a little frost curls it and there’s that amount of seed wasted.