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Wilt means a plant or flower loses its freshness and starts to droop or bend down, usually because it doesn't have enough water. It is also used about people, meaning to lose energy, strength, or confidence, especially in heat or under pressure — 'the team wilted in the final minutes.'
(植物)枯萎;(人)沒精神/洩氣
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Wiltname
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A surname.
wiltverb詞源 1/wɪlt/
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To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
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To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag.
- Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.
- Caught between hails of 5″/38 fire and working Mk 14 torpedoes, on the one hand, and 16-inch batteries backed up by even more 5″/38 guns, on the other, the Japanese cruisers rapidly began to wilt under the sustained bombardment; firing off any remaining torpedoes they had at any targets that they could find and bring to bear, the survivors wheeled about and began to beat a retreat.
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To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
- Peer pressure on both partners, even from within the lesbian community, can help to wilt a budding intergenerational romance.
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To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.
wiltnoun詞源 1/wɪlt/
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The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
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biologybotanymedicineAny of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.
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資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。