withering  /w'ɪðɚɪŋ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  withering
  (a.)摧毀的,進行乾燥處理的

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Wither \With"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Withered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Withering}.] [OE. wideren; probably the same word as
     wederen to weather (see {Weather}, v. & n.); or cf. G.
     verwittern to decay, to be weather-beaten, Lith. vysti to
     wither.]
     1. To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become
        sapless; to dry or shrivel up.
  
              Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof, and cut off
              the fruit thereof, that it wither?    --Ezek. xvii.
                                                    9.
  
     2. To lose or want animal moisture; to waste; to pin? away,
        as animal bodies.
  
              This is man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered. --Shak.
  
              There was a man which had his hand withered. --Matt.
                                                    xii. 10.
  
              Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     3. To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away. ``Names
        that must not wither.'' --Byron.
  
              States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
                                                    --Cowper.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Withering \With"er*ing\, a.
     Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade. --
     {With"er*ing*ly}, adv.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  withering
       adj 1: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
              "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating
              hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn: {annihilative},
               {annihilating}, {devastating}]
       2: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a
          devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments
          inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn: {annihilating},
           {devastating}]
       n : any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of
           use) [syn: {atrophy}]