Withering

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wither

(a.) Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade.

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• I said, with withering irony, that it was sufficient to be skinned--I declined to be scalped. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Bergmann gave him a withering look of scorn, and said, 'Come here and I will show you. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Why this withering eloquence? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• And she was a leaf of the old great tree of knowledge that was withering now. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Diggory withdrew with an emphatic step, Wildeve's eye passing over his form in withering derision, as if he were no more than a heath-cropper. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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