1530s, alteration of Middle English wydderen "dry up, shrivel" (late 14c.), intransitive, apparently a differentiated and special use of wederen "to expose to weather" (see weather (v.)). Compare German verwittern "to become weather-beaten," from Witter "weather." Transitive sense from 1550s. Related: Withered; withering; witheringly.
例文
1. To see my body literally wither away before my eyes was exasperating.
自分の体が日に日に衰えていくのを見るのはいらいらします。
2.Age cannot wither her.
歳月は彼女の顔を減色させなかった。
3.As the leaves of autumn wither and fall,so has my own life become barren.
私の命は秋の葉のように枯れて散ってしまった。
4.Farmers in the Midwest have watched their crops wither because of drought conditions.
アメリカ中西部の農民は彼らの作物が干ばつ死するのをみすみす見ている。
5.Autumn wind rises ; white clouds fly.Grass and trees wither ; geese go south.