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

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.

noun

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

A nation never withers if its history stands tall.
一个缺乏历史的民族是不会长久的。
Empress Dowager of the palace and gardens from the withers not a dewy rose.
皇太后的花园及行宫是从不曾凋谢的一支带露玫瑰。
This horse is tied to a rail that is below the level of his withers.
图中的马被拴在一根低于肩隆的围栏上。
It withers quicker than the rose.
却比玫瑰残降天借快。
Back: The back is short, straight and muscular and firmly connects the withers to the hindquarters.
背：背短、直、且肌肉发达。稳固地连接肩和后躯。
On the contrary, when removed from the greenhouse and exposed to the driving rain, the flower soon fades and withers, with the petals cast about on the grounds.
与此相反，当它被移出温室并暴露在暴雨中时。花儿很快就凋谢枯萎了，花瓣散落满地。
Back: The back is straight and strong, with a level topline from withers to croup.
后躯：后躯直并且强壮，拥有从肩部到臀部水平的背线。
Withers are prominent and attached to a well set-in shoulder.
威瑟斯是突出和良好的设置，在肩部连接到。
The tender plant is produced, but in so cold a soil and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies.
柔嫩植物长出来了，但在土壤寒冽、气候严酷的环境中，不久就枯死了。
Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced.
温斯顿不晓得维泽斯失宠的原因。