wither
英['w?e?]
美['w?e?]
- vt. 使凋謝；使畏縮；使衰弱
- vi. 枯萎；凋謝；衰弱
- n. (Wither)人名；(英)威瑟
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?withers;過去式:?withered;過去分詞:?withered;現在分詞:?withering;
助記提示
1. 諧音“萎人兒、痿人兒”。
中文詞源
wither 枯萎
來自古英語wederen,暴露于空氣中，枯萎，詞源同weather.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. To see my body literally wither away before my eyes was exasperating.
- 眼見自己的身體日漸衰弱真是讓人心煩。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Age cannot wither her.
- 歲月并未使她的容顏減色.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. As the leaves of autumn wither and fall, so has my own life become barren.
- 我的生命就如秋葉般枯萎凋零。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Farmers in the Midwest have watched their crops wither because of drought conditions.
- 美國中西部農民眼睜睜地看著他們的莊稼旱死。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Autumn wind rises; white clouds fly. Grass and trees wither; geese go south.
- 秋風起 兮 白云飛, 草木黃落 兮 雁南歸.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》