shrivel

美音：['ʃrɪv(ə)l] 英音：['ʃrɪv(ə)l]

简单释义：

v.皱缩

网络枯萎；萎缩；束手无策

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

1.(使)皱缩;(使)干瘪;(使)枯萎;(使)无能为力,(使)失效
2.萎缩
3.皱缩,干瘪,憔悴;
4.凉了半截

1.皱纹

To dry up or shrivel from or as if from loss of moisture .
干枯，枯萎因或似乎因失去水分而变干燥或枯萎。
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。
The support comes at a cost: the deal dilutes existing shareholders' capital by half and the dividend will shrivel.
贷款导致的损失：交易将现有股东的资本价值降低了一半，红利也有所减少。
"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。
Unless drugs firms continually bring enough new products to market to replace lost revenues they will shrivel and die.
除非制药公司持续推出足够多的新产品以弥补收入损失，否则就会衰落甚至倒闭。
As a result, our workforces will shrivel, almost certainly beginning in 2009.
其结果是，几乎可以肯定的从2009年开始，我们的劳动力将会缩减。
If they move to another country, their chances of staying in touch with family members shrivel.
如果他们被跨国收养，他们与家庭成员保持联系的机会几乎没有了。
Oct. 5--Americans have seen their retirement savings shrivel, home equity evaporate and job security vanish.
十月五日，美国人看到自己的退休储蓄缩水，家庭权益和职业安全凭空消失。

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