词为我用 - wizen

词汇释义

wizen UK ['wɪzn] US ['wɪzən] TEM8  GRE

vi, To dry up; wither or shrivel干涸，干涸；枯萎或皱缩

vt, To cause to wither, shrivel, or dry up 使干枯、枯萎或皱缩

adj, Shriveled or dried up; withered 皱缩的或干涸的；枯萎的

外刊例句

1. AS investors watch their portfolios wizen, complaints of broker misdeeds rise at the National Association of Securities Dealers.(The New York Times)

2. And Stephen A. Schwarzman, chief executive of the Blackstone Group – feted just a year ago for his investment prowess and glorious lifestyle – is watching his celebrated buyout firm wizen in the stock market.(The New York Times)

3. E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Memories of Stengel, however, are primarily those of his years with the woeful fledgling Mets when, with so few decent players, he was compelled to play the role of the impish, wizening clown.(The New Yorker)

4. Memories of Stengel, however, are primarily those of his years with the woeful fledgling Mets when, with so few decent players, he was compelled to play the role of the impish, wizening clown.(The New Yorker)

5. He makes thinking palpable, as he flushes with the excitement of invention and wizens with the anxiety of rejection.(The Guardian)

6. What if the love wizens and sours, through everyone's fault, making the loss too bitter to endure?(The New Yorker)

7. You've stumbled straight into Stage 4, fogyhood, transforming before your daughter's eyes: shrinking, wrinkling, wizening, as long white hairs sprout from your ears like fountains.(The New York Times)

词汇搭配

wizen face

词汇来源

Old English wisnian, weosnian "to wither, dry up, waste away," from Proto-Germanic *wisnon (source also of Old Norse visna "to wither," Old High German wesanen "to dry up, shrivel, wither;" German verwesen "to decay, rot").

近义词

shrivel,dry, wilt, wither,mummify,

反义词

freshen, revive,bloom, flourish, prosper, thrive

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