"shriveled" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 枯萎的
• 皱缩的

Definition

“枯萎的”指的是因为失去水分而变得干瘪、皱缩或缩小的东西。常用来形容水果、植物或身体部位。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常和“shriveled up”一起用，带有负面含义，多形容极度干瘪、枯萎的事物。也可比喻形容人苍老或情绪低落。口语常用，非正式但非俚语。

Examples

The shriveled apple was brown and dry.

那只**枯萎的**苹果变成了褐色，变干了。

After a week without water, the plant looked shriveled.

一周没浇水后，这株植物看起来**枯萎了**。

My hands get shriveled in the bath.

洗澡时我的手会变得**皱缩的**。

The flowers are completely shriveled after this heat wave.

这波热浪过后，花朵已经完全**枯萎了**。

He handed me a shriveled letter he had kept for years.

他递给我一封他多年保存的**皱缩的**信。

After being out in the sun all day, my lips felt shriveled.

在阳光下待了一整天后，我的嘴唇感觉**干瘪**了。