shrivel

英 [ʃrɪv(ə)l] 美 ['ʃrɪvl]
  • vi. 枯萎;皱缩
  • vt. 使枯萎;使皱缩;使束手无策

助记提示


1. shrivel 和 shrink 它们音近形近义近,并且它们似乎都来源于北欧语中音近形近义近的单词,因此它们很可能具有同源性,或者具有近亲关系。
2. 根据音近义通的一般原理和单词的词源信息而得出的猜测。
3. 音近义通、音形一体,音决定了形,形决定了音。

中文词源


shrivel 皱缩,枯萎,干枯

词源不详,可能与 shrink 与相联系。比较 shake,shiver.

英文词源


shrivel (v.)
1560s (implied in shriveled), of unknown origin, not found in Middle English; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skryvla "to wrinkle, to shrivel"), perhaps ultimately connected with shrimp (n.) and shrink (v.). Related: Shriveled; shriveling.

双语例句


1. Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel.
把鳞茎种到地里, 否则会开始干枯的.

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2. The leaves started to shrivel up.
叶子开始枯萎。

来自辞典例句

3. Then their seed ripens, and soon they turn brown and shrivel up.
随后,它们的种子熟了, 不久就变枯萎.

来自辞典例句

4. The tetrads eventually shrivel or are resorbed.
这种四分体最终萎缩或被再吸收.

来自辞典例句

5. The penis is the first to shrivel when it's cold.
天气冷时,首先收缩的是它.

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