wither

名词 n. 动词 v. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɪðə/|[ˈwɪðə]    美 /ˈwɪðɚ/|[ˈwɪðɚ] ~ [ˈwɪðɹ̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. singular of withers (“part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades”) form-of,singular
    — Timozel had slid his feet quickly from the stirrups and swung his leg over the horse's wither as it slumped to the ground, standing himself in one graceful movement.
动词 v.
  1. To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. intransitive
    — The flowers began to wither in the hot sun without enough water.
  2. To go against, resist; oppose.
  3. To cause to shrivel or dry up. transitive
    — There was a man which had his hand withered.
  4. To lose vigour or power; to languish; to waste away; to pass away. figuratively,intransitive
    — names that must not wither
  5. To become helpless due to emotion. intransitive
  6. To make helpless due to emotion. transitive
副词 adv.
  1. Against, in opposition to. in-compounds,obsolete

词形变化

withers present,singular,third-person withering participle,present withered participle,past withered past withers plural more wither comparative most wither superlative withers present,singular,third-person withering participle,present withered participle,past withered past

词汇关系

衍生词
wither away wither on the vine

词源

词源 1
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”).
Cognates
From Proto-Germanic: Dutch verwederen, Dutch verweren (“to erode by weather”), German verwittern, wittern (“to be ruined by weather; to erode”), Swedish vittra (“wither”).
More at weather.
词源 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
词源 3
From Middle English wither, from Old English wiþer (“again, against”, adverb in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþr (“against, toward”).
Cognates
From Proto-Germanic: Low German wedder (“against”), Dutch weer (“again, back”), German wider (“against, contrary to”), German wieder (“again”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰 (wiþra), Old Norse viðr.
More at with.
词源 4
From Middle English witheren, from Old English wiþerian (“to resist, oppose, struggle against”).
Cognates
From Proto-Germanic: Middle Dutch wideren, Old High German widarōn.
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