(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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用作形容词 (adj.)
Mrs. Carey was a tiny, shriveled old lady. 凯里太太是一位矮小干瘪的老太太。