动词过去式:withered 过去分词:withered 现在分词:withering 第三人称单数:withers
1 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p] ~ (away); ~ (sth) (up) (cause sth to) become dry, shrivelled or dead （使某物）枯萎, 凋谢
*The flowers will wither if you don't put them in water. 这些花不放在水里就要枯死了.
* (fig 比喻) Their hopes gradually withered away. 他们的希望逐渐破灭了.
* limbs withered by disease and starvation 因疾病和饥饿而造成的四肢萎缩.
2 [Tn] subdue or overwhelm (sb) with scorn, etc 以鄙视等态度降服或震慑（某人）
*She withered him with a glance. 她瞟了他一眼把他镇住了.
v alsowither away [I and T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Probably from weather 'to affect with sun, wind, rain, etc.']
if plants wither, they become drier and smaller and start to die
1. During the summer, I noticed that the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither. 到了夏天，我发现树叶开始枯萎，