1560s (implied in shriveled), of unknown origin, not found in Middle English; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skryvla "to wrinkle, to shrivel"), perhaps ultimately connected with shrimp (n.) and shrink (v.). Related: Shriveled; shriveling.
例文
1. Get the bulbs into the ground,or they will begin to shrivel .
鱗茎を畑に植えると、枯れ始めます。
2.The leaves started to shrivel up.
葉が枯れ始めた。/
3.Then their seed ripens,and soon they turn brown and shrivel up.
その後、それらの種は熟し、やがて枯れていく。
4.The tetrads eventually shrivel or are resorbed.
という四分体は最終的に萎縮または再吸収される。
5.The penis is the first to shrivel when it 's cold.