| 释义 |
动词变化： "to shrivel" | Present Participle: | shriveling |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 | shrivel,
shrivel up viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (shrink, dry up) | 枯萎
kū wěi | | | | 皱缩
zhòu suō | | | The fruit shriveled in the hot sun. |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 动词短语 | | shrivel up vi phrasalphrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up." | (dry and shrink) | 枯萎
kū wěi | | | | 干枯
gān kū | | | A cut flower left in the hot sun will quickly shrivel up. Grapes shrivel up into raisins. | | shrivel up vi phrasalphrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up." | figurative (funding: cease) (资金等) | 枯竭
kū jié | | | During the economic crisis, government aid for the arts tends to shrivel up. |
Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: shrivel [ '$rIvl] ( also: shrivel up) I vi 枯萎 kūwěi II vt 使干(乾)枯 shǐ gānkū |