shrunken

英 ['ʃrʌŋkən] 美 ['ʃrʌŋkən]

• adj. 缩小的；皱缩的
• 动词shrink的过去分词.

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 皱缩的
2. 缩小的
3. 干枯的
4. shrink的过去分词
5. 缩拢的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. 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"
   

2. 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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The shrunken dress was entirely too tight to wear.
   缩了水的裙子整个的紧了，穿不上。
2. The doctor is examining the shrunken body of a starving child.
   医生正检查小孩饿瘦了的身躯。
3. I glanced at the juice hold in her shrunken hand.
   余望了望举行的果汁在她萎缩的手。
4. The moonlight made deep black shadows in the shrunken cheeks.
   月光照在凹下去的脸颊上，形成深深的黑影。

词汇搭配

• shrink 收缩
• shrunken skin 皮肤皱缩

近反义词

【近义词】

• contracted 收缩了的
• withered 枯萎的
• wasted 浪费的
• emaciated 瘦弱的
• dried up 干缩的
• shrivelled 皱缩(使 ... 束手...
• shriveled 皱缩的
• wizen 干涸
• wizened 皱缩的