(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;
\\\"dried-up grass\\\"
\\\"the desert was edged with sere vegetation\\\"
\\\"shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings\\\"
\\\"withered vines\\\"
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;
\\\"the old woman\\\'s shriveled skin\\\"
\\\"he looked shriveled and ill\\\"
\\\"a shrunken old man\\\"
\\\"a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws\\\"
\\\"he did well despite his withered arm\\\"
\\\"a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair\\\"
reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity;
\\\"our shriveled receipts during the storm\\\"
\\\"as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled\\\"
\\\"the dollar\\\'s shrunken buying power\\\"
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用作形容詞(adj.)
Mrs. Carey was a tiny, shriveled old lady. 凱里太太是一位矮小干癟的老太太。