基本释义
- adj.
- （尤指因年岁大了而）干瘦的，干瘪的; 干巴
实用例句
a wizened little man
干瘪的小老头
牛津词典
wizened apples
皱瘪的苹果
牛津词典
...a little wizened old fellow with no teeth.
掉光了牙齿的干瘪小老头
That wizened and grotesque little old man is a notorious miser.
那个干瘪难看的小老头是个臭名远扬的吝啬鬼.
期刊摘选
A wizened little man wriggled through the line of soldiers standing guard.
有个一身干瘪的小个子男人,拐弯抹角混过了执行警戒的士兵队列.
名作英译部分
The day begins as a wizened man a bench in front of his house.
一个干瘦老头睡醒了,坐在房前的长椅上,一天就这样开始了.
期刊摘选
The hand looked chapped and wizened, not a boy's.
那手看上去粗糙干瘪, 不像是个男孩的手.
期刊摘选
Many were shocked by the wizened appearance of the former leader ( Saddam Hussein ).
许多人对这位前领导人 ( 萨达姆 ) 老朽的样子感到震惊.
期刊摘选
She complained of a headache, and she looked old and wizened.
她说她头疼, 看上去显得又衰老又干巴.
辞典例句
Stinking, wizened old cow!
老婊子,你不中吃.
期刊摘选
She complained of headache, and she looked old and wizened.
她说她头痛, 看上去显得又衰老又干巴.
辞典例句
a wizened little man
干瘪的小老头
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英英释义
1. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;
"the old woman's shriveled skin"
"he looked shriveled and ill"
"a shrunken old man"
"a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
"he did well despite his withered arm"
"a wizened little man with frizzy gray hair"