Wither

(n.) To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.

(n.) To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin/ away, as animal bodies.

(n.) To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away.

(v. t.) To cause to fade, and become dry.

(v. t.) To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture.

(v. t.) To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny.

博比编辑

• Do not allow a trivial misunderstanding to wither the blossoms of spring, which, once put forth and blighted, cannot be renewed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The infantry with their muzzle-loading muskets could not keep up a steady enough fire to wither determined cavalry before it charged home. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They wouldn't crush and wither, if you please, sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• In the end it will hurt too much, and they will wither because of it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Age cannot wither me, nor custom stale my infinite variety: was my reply. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Let the old tree wither, continued Cedric, so the stately hope of the forest be preserved. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Age or change should never wither it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She wished her hand had withered before she had done so. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• His face was as sharp as a hatchet, and the skin of it was as yellow and dry and withered as an autumn leaf. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• A grey dusty withered evening in London city has not a hopeful aspect. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• When they were withered I had dried them and put them in a book that I was fond of. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Like the seed mentioned in the parable of the sower, some fell on good ground and grew to produce a bountiful harvest, but many withered by the wayside. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• His face is dark, like his hair and eyes; and, although he can't be more than six or eight and twenty, withered and haggard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• What have you got to say for yourself, you withered old fence, eh? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I said, with withering irony, that it was sufficient to be skinned--I declined to be scalped. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Bergmann gave him a withering look of scorn, and said, 'Come here and I will show you. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Why this withering eloquence? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• And she was a leaf of the old great tree of knowledge that was withering now. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Diggory withdrew with an emphatic step, Wildeve's eye passing over his form in withering derision, as if he were no more than a heath-cropper. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The tender plant is produced; but in so cold a soil, and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The big gray was sweating and shivering a little and Robert Jordan patted him on the withers. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Riding close to him I reached down from the saddle, and grasping his cartridge belt drew him up across the withers of my mount. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Everything withers in the bud. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• And it withers my consciousness, somehow, it burns the pith of my mind. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Sent to a schoolmaster, refuses to tell his letters, and the schoolmaster going to whip him, his hand withers. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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