wizen
英 ['wɪz(ə)n]
美['wizən]
- vi. 枯萎；凋谢；干瘪
- vt. 使凋谢；使枯萎；使干瘪
- adj. 凋谢的；枯萎的
英英释意
- 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"-W.F.Starkie
- "he did well despite his withered arm"
- "a wizened little man with frizzy gray hair"