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

Well, we surely know the ways in which love bursts and withers away during the time of intimacy.
其实我们早就知道，关于爱的滋生和枯萎无非就发生在那些暧昧的时间中。
As a result, the initiative of enterprises withers.
企业没有积极性了。
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。
• the "partnership" quietly withers away, leaving a damaged relationship with Goliath and a bad taste inside the company.
•双方的“合作关系”无疾而终，不仅破坏了你与歌利亚的关系，还在公司内部留下了苦涩的回忆。
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。
So you may be saying to yourself, I have to sign up right now for Swahili and calculus and accordion lessons before my brain withers away!
也许这是你在对自己说，现在马上我就要去报名参加斯瓦希利语（Swahili）、积分学和手风琴课，得赶在脑子迟钝之前！
The girl's pitiful history would wring one's withers.
这女孩子的经历令人心碎。
Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced.
温斯顿不晓得维泽斯失宠的原因。
Life will never be the flower withers.
生命之花永不会凋谢。
Back: The back is short, straight and muscular and firmly connects the withers to the hindquarters.
背：背短、直、且肌肉发达。稳固地连接肩和后躯。