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

He should be tied to the top rail, which is a few inches higher than his withers.
他应该被拴在最高的那根围栏上，那根围栏比他的肩隆高了几英寸。
Friends and family also rallied around Miss Withers, 29, a PA from a West End recruitment firm.
今年29岁的威瑟斯小姐在伦敦西区一家人力资源公司担任私人助理，朋友和家人都表示了对她的支持。
The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers.
这女孩子的经历令人心碎。
Like a flower he blossoms and then withers; like a shadow he flees and never stays.
他象朵花似的盛开而后枯萎，象影子似的漂浮不定。
Life will never be the flower withers.
生命之花永不会凋谢。
A difficult tale. I have sympathy for withers, but I have my own problems to concern me.
一个复杂的故事。我十分同情威瑟斯的遭遇，但是我还有自己的问题要去解决。
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。
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。
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。
Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced.
温斯顿不晓得维泽斯失宠的原因。