英:[ˈwɪðəd]
美:[ˈwɪðərd]
英:[ˈwɪðəd]
美:[ˈwɪðərd]
adj.
枯萎的,凋谢的,憔悴的
v.
(使)枯萎, (使)干枯, (使)凋谢( wither的过去式和过去分词 )
萎缩,(尤指渐渐)破灭,消失
词根:wither
adj.withering 使干枯的;使畏缩的;极有毁灭性的;极有讽刺性的
n.withering 枯萎;凋谢
v.withering 使凋谢;干枯;减弱;摧毁(wither的现在分词)
vi.wither 枯萎;凋谢;衰弱
vt.wither 使凋谢;使畏缩;使衰弱
verb
intransitive verb
to become dry and saplessespecially: to shrivel from or as if from loss of bodily moisture
to lose vitality, force, or freshness
public support for the bill is withering
transitive verb
to cause to wither
to make speechless or incapable of action : stun
withered him with a look—Dorothy Sayers
biographical name
George 1588–1667 English poet and pamphleteer
noun
withers
wither away枯萎;幻灭
Verb Middle English widren; probably akin to Middle English weder weather
The first known use of wither was in the 14th century
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)
witherverb
to shrivel from or as if from loss of bodily moisture and especially sap
the crops withered during the drought
to lose liveliness, force, or freshness
support for the candidate withered
1 I, too, withered away, the moistness sucked out of me, my bones showing plainly through my thin flesh.
2 The broken body of the old man withered more and more, but when the smell of harvest and the hunt came with October, his spirit seemed to quicken his dragging step.
3 But underneath it all she could not conceive that the boy the gypsies took away was the same lout who would eat half a suckling pig for lunch and whose flatulence withered the flowers.
4 The valley was desert, withered and yellow-gray except for the crooked band of green that marked the course of the Fortaleza River.
5 Her hands lay in her lap, withered and limp.
6 But “if a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.”
7 He had withered—there was simply no other word for it.
8 For Pomp, who begs tales of horror and enchantment, Olakunde recounted tales of the red monkey who with withered lips enounced sacred knowledge to the oracles of Oyo.
9 At the bottom of the box Patrolman Mancuso found two withered pieces of doughnut out of which, judging by their moist edges, the jelly had been sucked.
10 Now his exhausted brain slipped into its accustomed circles: the withered paths, like those of the donkey in the treadmill, round which he had plodded many thousand times in vain.
11 Mrs. Gaddis thought of her dead son and her daughter’s withered arm.
12 Deprived of the power of patronage, the political machines that had ruled the nation for over a century gradually withered away.
13 His frame had withered, wrinkled skin hung off his face, his hair stuck out in brittle clumps, and he'd lost his top front teeth.
14 withered leaves
枯叶
15 The flowers withered away for lack of sunshine.
花朵因缺少阳光而枯萎了.
16 And behold! there lay his weapon, but the blade was smoking like a dry branch that has been thrust in a fire; and as he watched it, it writhed and withered and was consumed.
17 Older, more withered, but definitely the same evil face.
18 The old woman brought her withered hands together as though she were trying to clap, the way one did to say thank you.
19 Any sense of isolation she may have had withered and died in the presence of some two hundred sinners earnestly requesting to be plunged beneath a red, redeeming flood.
20 The spies, their thoughts moving even more quickly than their darting steeds, exchanged a glance and brought the dragonflies to rest side by side on a dry, withered branch.
1 消退的
2 衰老憔悴
6 憔悴
worn drawn bony battered consuming gaunt boney cadaverous raddled emaciation peak consume pine languish wither peak and pine
8 病态的
10 枯萎的
dead faded withering blasted sere dried-up sapless emarcid killing sear blighted lifeless shrivelled scorched wizened wizen
11 衰弱
shaky worn-out emaciate effete enervated doddered adynamic down labefaction tabefaction waste decline collapse weakness breakdown relaxation sinking impotence infirmity prostration debility marasmus wear fail sink pine wither languish droop bate reduce sap wilt depress prostrate debilitate enervate enfeeble unstring etiolate devitalize
12 枯萎
dead faded withering blasted sere dried-up sapless wilt blasting dieback languor fade perish blight scorch wither languish sear shrivel blast pinch emarcid killing blighted blastment fadeaway die flag damp droop kill choke scathe wither away lifeless shrivelled scorched wizened wizen consume rot
14 发育不良的
16 干枯
wizzled desiccative sere dry sear mummify parched wither shrivel parch run dry shrunken wizened
18 破灭
paid tattered wrecked death collapse dissipation wrecking tatters founder dissolve wither dash crush disappoint shatter dissipate
23 枯槁