shrivel up

shrivel up

美 [ˈʃrɪv(ə)l] 　英 ['ʃrɪv(ə)l]

• v.(使)皱缩；(使)干瘪；(使)枯萎；(使)无能为力

词形变化

过去式：shrivelled  过去式：shriveled  现在分词：shrivelling  现在分词：shriveling  第三人称单数：shrivels  

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英汉解释

v.	1. (使)皱缩;(使)干瘪;(使)枯萎;(使)无能为力,(使)失效

英英解释

v.	1. if something such as a plant shrivels or shrivels up, it becomes smaller and thinner than usual and it does not look fresh and healthy; to make something smaller and thinner than usual 2. to become weaker or smaller in amount; to make something weaker or smaller in amount

例句

Of course, managers have to be able to say yes too, otherwise their organisations would shrivel up and die.

当然，经理也必须能说“是”，否则他们的组织将枯萎死亡。

If you stay in that bathtub any longer, you'll shrivel up into a prune.

如果你再呆在水里，你要皱成一个干果了。

Why do you always seem to shrivel up when we meet new people at parties? You cannot avoid them for ever.

为什么你总是在联欢会时怕见生人呢？你不可能永远避开他们。

One of the terrible aspects of acute mental distress , as Borgna so perceptively puts it, is that words shrivel up and become meaningless .

就像博尔尼亚极富见地的表述一样，极度的精神困扰所表现出的一种可怕状况是：语言逐渐枯涩，并变得毫无意义。

Vegetablesshould be kept at room temperature and not in the fridge as they can over ripe in the fridge and shrivel up.

蔬菜应在室温下保存，不要放在冰箱内，因为它们在冰箱里能过分熟化和枯萎。

"I was sure I'd shrivel up and die if I didn't eat meat, " recalls Joe Schneider, a mailman who is into bodybuilding .

“以前我确信自己如果不吃肉，就会衰弱而死。”一位热衷于健美的邮差先生乔伊舒奈德回想道。

We will dry and shrivel up if we only have wisdom but no love.

如果我们有智慧而没有爱心的话，我们是很乾枯的。