wither
verb · noun · adverbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
The flowers began to wither in the hot sun without enough water.
She watched as the old tree slowly withered with time.
Without care, the crops will wither and fail to grow.
- 2.
(transitive)To cause to shrivel or dry up.
- 3.
(figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, figurative) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to waste away; to pass away.
- 4.
(intransitive)To become helpless due to emotion.
- 5.
(transitive)To make helpless due to emotion.
- 6.
To go against, resist; oppose.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(form of, singular)singular of withers (“part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades”)
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(in compounds, obsolete)(obsolete or chiefly in compounds) Against, in opposition to.
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From Middle English widren, wydderen (to dry up, shrivel), related to or perhaps an alteration of Middle English wederen (to expose to weather), from Old English wederian (to expose to weather, exhibit a change of weather). 2 cog From Proto-Germanic: verwederen, verweren to erode by weather, verwittern, wittern (to be ruined by weather; to erode), vittra wither.