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wizened

英['wɪz(ə)nd] 美['wizənd]
  • adj. 干瘪的;枯萎的;消瘦的
  • v. 枯萎(wizen的过去式和过去分词)

英英释意


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"