| 词汇 | wither |
| 释义 | wither verb uk /ˈwɪð.ər/ us /ˈwɪð.ɚ/(alsowither away) [ I or T ] (to cause) to become weak and dry and decay: （使）枯萎，（使）干枯 Grass had withered in the fields.田里的草都枯萎了。 to lose moisture and become dry dryIt will take three hours for the paint to dry. dehydrateToo much coffee will dehydrate you. desiccatePlant pests will desiccate in dry air. dry (something) outIf you don't put the cake back in the cake tin, it will dry out. dry upThe lake dried up during the drought. parchThey will turn off the irrigation and parch the crops right before harvest. [ I ] to slowly disappear, lose importance, or become weaker: 萎缩;逐渐消失 This country is in danger of allowing its industrial base to wither away.这个国家正面临着工业基础萎缩的危险。 Plant pathology anthracnose antifungal apple scab ash dieback auxin canker downy mildew dry rot Dutch elm disease etiolated excrescence fungicidal leaf rust leaf scorch leaf spot nodal organophosphate pesticide scald worm-eaten You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making less strong Appearing & disappearing Idiomwither on the vine wither | American Dictionarywither verb[ I/T ] us/ˈwɪð·ər/ to become, or cause something to become, weak, dry, and smaller: [ T ]Hot, dry weather withered the peanut crop in the southeast. [ I ]fig. Public interest in the scandal will not wither away any time soon. Examples of witherwither Both of these findings indicate that the patient's brain has shrunk and withered. The bags remained until the stigmas were withered and considered no longer receptive and checks for fruit set were then made. The 1970s saw the withering away of postgraduate gender segregation. All told, the bakufu's monopoly on the export of marine products that had been cultivated and protected for a century withered and eventually died. The figure has a withered right leg and dropped foot, which are typical of poliomyelitis (fig001pmn). The above cases not only survived but also demonstrated the remarkable capacity to expand as other programs withered under the deregulation agenda. Cases of the present sample confirm the supposition that process in personam ' withered away ' over the course of the seventeenth century. Such narrow-mindedness was perhaps one of the reasons why consumers' co-operation withered in the twentieth century. Vegetation withered; livestock grew sickly and perished. The millet has withered in the field. However, with the withering away of the neural and immunological views of the body, the genetic view is becoming increasingly the sole (soul) determinant of selfhood. The legitimacy of domination has withered away, and the public resistance and challenge of power has created an awakening among broader segments of the dominated group. Stinking vapour tainted the atmosphere of the entire island; - even the grass which no cinder rain had stifled completely withered up; - the fish perished in the poisoned sea. The notion of national systems is still such a powerful convention amongst economic actors to the extent that it is hard to envisage it withering away. Agreements have not withered and customs have not staled their infinite variety. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of wither These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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