1560s (implied in shriveled), of unknown origin, not found in Middle English; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skryvla "to wrinkle, to shrivel"), perhaps ultimately connected with shrimp (n.) and shrink (v.). Related: Shriveled; shriveling.
实用例句
1. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The leaves started to shrivel up.
叶子开始枯萎。
来自辞典例句
3. Then their seed ripens, and soon they turn brown and shrivel up.
随后,它们的种子熟了, 不久就变枯萎.
来自辞典例句
4. The tetrads eventually shrivel or are resorbed.
这种四分体最终萎缩或被再吸收.
来自辞典例句
5. The penis is the first to shrivel when it's cold.
