wither
英['wɪðə]
美['wɪðɚ]
- vt. 使凋谢；使畏缩；使衰弱
- vi. 枯萎；凋谢；衰弱
- n. (Wither)人名；(英)威瑟
词态变化
第三人称单数: withers;过去式: withered;过去分词: withered;现在分词: withering;
助记提示
1. 谐音“萎人儿、痿人儿”。
中文词源
wither 枯萎来自古英语wederen,暴露于空气中，枯萎，词源同weather.
英文词源
- wither
- wither: see weather
- wither (v.)
- 1530s, alteration of Middle English wydderen "dry up, shrivel" (late 14c.), intransitive, apparently a differentiated and special use of wederen "to expose to weather" (see weather (v.)). Compare German verwittern "to become weather-beaten," from Witter "weather." Transitive sense from 1550s. Related: Withered; withering; witheringly.
双语例句
- 1. To see my body literally wither away before my eyes was exasperating.
- 眼见自己的身体日渐衰弱真是让人心烦。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Age cannot wither her.
- 岁月并未使她的容颜减色.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. As the leaves of autumn wither and fall, so has my own life become barren.
- 我的生命就如秋叶般枯萎凋零。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Farmers in the Midwest have watched their crops wither because of drought conditions.
- 美国中西部农民眼睁睁地看着他们的庄稼旱死。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Autumn wind rises; white clouds fly. Grass and trees wither; geese go south.
- 秋风起 兮 白云飞, 草木黄落 兮 雁南归.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》