withers

英 [ˈwɪðəz]

美 [ˈwɪðərz]

n.  鬐甲(马肩胛骨间隆起部分)
v.  (使)枯萎，凋谢; 萎缩; (尤指渐渐)破灭，消失
wither的第三人称单数

复数：withers　

BNC.36368 / COCA.28737

牛津词典

noun

• 鬐甲（马肩胛骨间隆起部分）
  the highest part of a horse's back, between its shoulders

柯林斯词典

• VERB 衰弱;凋敝
  If someone or somethingwithers, they become very weak.
  1. When he went into retirement, he visibly withered...
     他到退休年龄时已老态毕现。
  2. Industries unable to modernize have been left to wither.
     无法实现现代化的行业已经自行衰落。
  3. Wither awaymeans the same aswither.
     wither away 同 wither
  4. To see my body literally wither away before my eyes was exasperating.
     眼见自己的身体日渐衰弱真是让人心烦。
• VERB (花朵、植物)枯萎，凋谢
  If a flower or plantwithers, it dries up and dies.
  1. The flowers in Isabel's room had withered...
     伊莎贝尔房间里的花已经枯萎了。
  2. Farmers in the Midwest have watched their crops wither because of drought conditions.
     美国中西部农民眼睁睁地看着他们的庄稼旱死。
• 甲；马肩隆
  The highest part of a horse's back, behind its neck, is referred to as itswithers.

英英释义

noun

• the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals

双语例句

• So you may be saying to yourself, I have to sign up right now for Swahili and calculus and accordion lessons before my brain withers away!
  也许这是你在对自己说，现在马上我就要去报名参加斯瓦希利语（Swahili）、积分学和手风琴课，得赶在脑子迟钝之前！
• • the "partnership" quietly withers away, leaving a damaged relationship with Goliath and a bad taste inside the company.
  •双方的“合作关系”无疾而终，不仅破坏了你与歌利亚的关系，还在公司内部留下了苦涩的回忆。
• A difficult tale. I have sympathy for withers, but I have my own problems to concern me.
  一个复杂的故事。我十分同情威瑟斯的遭遇，但是我还有自己的问题要去解决。
• A nation never withers if its history stands tall.
  一个缺乏历史的民族是不会长久的。
• Withers high and the topline slightly rounded over the loin to the set on of the tail.
  马肩隆是背线上最高的，背线略微圆拱，越过腰部，在尾根处结束。
• Like a flower he blossoms and then withers; like a shadow he flees and never stays.
  他象朵花似的盛开而后枯萎，象影子似的漂浮不定。
• He should be tied to the top rail, which is a few inches higher than his withers.
  他应该被拴在最高的那根围栏上，那根围栏比他的肩隆高了几英寸。
• The topline is level from the withers to the croup.
  背线自马肩隆到臀部保持水平。
• Well, we surely know the ways in which love bursts and withers away during the time of intimacy.
  其实我们早就知道，关于爱的滋生和枯萎无非就发生在那些暧昧的时间中。
• The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers.
  这女孩子的经历令人心碎。