Old English wisnian, weosnian "to wither, dry up, waste away," from Proto-Germanic *wisnon (cognates: Old Norse visna "to wither," Old High German wesanen "to dry up, shrivel, wither;" German verwesen "to decay, rot"), from PIE root *wei- (2) "to wither." Related: Wizened.
雙語例句
1. There would be a day when our faces would be wrinkled and wizen .
總有一天,我們的臉會(huì)布滿皺紋而且變得皺縮的。
來自辭典例句
2. Hard wind and bitter cold wizen his face.
強(qiáng)風(fēng)與酷寒使他的臉孔皺縮了.
來自辭典例句
3. There would be a day when our faces would be wrinkled and wizen.