intended to make someone feel mortified or humiliated 使人感到羞惭的;使人难堪的 a withering look. 咄咄逼人的表情。
(of heat) intense; scorching (热)灼人的,灼热的
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[mass noun]the action of becoming dry and shriveled 干枯,枯萎 ■the action of declining or decaying 衰落;萧条 the withering of the PLO's revolutionary threat. 巴勒斯坦解放组织革命威胁的衰弱。