及物/不及物动词（因热力，严寒、干燥、年老等而）枯萎，皱缩
及物动词
1. The hot sunshine shrivelled the grass.
炎热的阳光使草枯萎。
2. He has a shrivelled face.
他有一张满是皱纹的脸。
不及物动词
1. The seedlings had shriveled up a bit in the hot sun.
在炎热的太阳光下，幼苗已有一点干枯。
1. 起皱纹：shrive 忏悔 | shrivel 起皱纹 | shriven 赦免
2. 皱纹,褶子(纸病)：shrinkage 收缩(率) | shrivel 皱纹,褶子(纸病) | shrunk-on cable 收缩标杆用纸
3. 枯萎：antler 鹿角 | shrivel 枯萎 | rub 擦
4. 皱缩;萎缩;收缩;超皱;枯萎：shrinking 收缩 | shrinkproof 不(收)缩的 | shrivel 皱缩;萎缩;收缩;超皱;枯萎
1. (使)枯萎;(使)干枯;(使)皱缩
When something shrivels or when something shrivels it, it becomes dryer and smaller, often with lines in its surface, as a result of losing the water it contains.
e.g. The plant shrivels and dies.
植物干枯而死。
e.g. ...dry weather that shrivelled this summer's crops.
造成今夏作物枯萎的干旱天气
1. They usually start high and once they get blocked, they shrivel.
2. That has caused crops to shrivel and led to forecasts of unusually low yields.
3. Americans are feeling strained as their paychecks shrink and their savings shrivel.
4. shrivel的解释
4. And millions of Americans have been watching their retirement nest eggs and home values shrivel.
verb
1. decrease in size, range, or extent
e.g. His earnings shrank
My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
Synonym: shrink
2. wither, as with a loss of moisture
e.g. The fruit dried and shriveled
Synonym: shrivel up shrink wither