shrivel
/ˈʃrɪvəl/verb
(shrivelled, shrivelling; <美> shriveled, shriveling)
1- wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture（尤指由于失去水分而）（使）枯萎; （使）起皱纹; （使）收缩：
no obj. the flowers simply shrivelled up花完全枯萎了
with obj. a heatwave so intense that it shrivelled the grapes in every vineyard.一个强得使所有葡萄园里的葡萄都枯萎的热浪。
1.1
- no obj. figurative lose momentum, will, or desire; become insignificant or ineffectual〈喻〉失去动力（或意志、愿望）; 变得无用; 变得无效：
as American interest shrivelled, so did the government's.
就像美国人失去了兴趣, 政府亦如此。
1.2
- with obj. figurative cause to feel worthless or insignificant〈喻〉使觉得无用; 使觉得渺小：
she shrivelled him with one glance.
她瞥了他一眼, 让他觉得自己一钱不值。
词源
mid 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish dialect skryvla 'to wrinkle'.