shrivel
US
UK shrivel, shrivel up vi: (shrink, dry up)
SC 枯萎 kū wěi
TC 枯萎
TC 枯萎
SC 皱缩 kū wěi ，zhòu suō
The fruit shriveled in the hot sun.
shrivel up vi phrasal: (dry and shrink)
SC 枯萎 kū wěi
TC 枯萎
TC 枯萎
SC 干枯 kū wěi ，gān kū
A cut flower left in the hot sun will quickly shrivel up.
Grapes shrivel up into raisins.
shrivel up vi phrasal: figurative (funding: cease) (资金等)
SC 枯竭 kū jié
During the economic crisis, government aid for the arts tends to shrivel up.