萎缩

萎缩 [wěi suō]

1. ■ （干枯） wither; shrivel:

盛夏炎热使某些植物萎缩了。 The summer heat withered up certain plants.

2. ■ （经济衰退） shrink; sag; contraction

3. ■ {医} depauperate; analosis; atrophy; desiccation; stuntedness; atresia:

肝萎缩 hepatatrophy; atrophy of the liver;

肌肉萎缩 amyotrophy; muscular atrophy

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常用词组

1. ■ 萎缩病 wasting disease;

2. ■ 萎缩动物群 depauperate fauna;

3. ■ 萎缩纹vergeture