wilted 枯萎的, 萎蔫的
wilted[ adj ]
not firm
<adj.all>
wilted lettuce
- They said real roses would have wilted quickly in the 10-degree temperature fanned by 30-mph winds.
- Present favourites of mine include: Barely wilted spinach anointed with oil in which mustard seeds have been warmed until they popped.
- Also Thursday, sugar futures prices surged; corn and soybean futures wilted as rain arrived in Iowa; coffee futures rallied; and energy, precious-metals and livestock and meat futures were mixed.
- Oil futures prices have wilted following a technical rally that failed to shake off market concerns about Saudi Arabia's threats to overproduce crude.
- In an open-air area outside the box sat a kitchen table decorated with a bouquet of wilted flowers inside a juice jar.
- Since Aug. 1, about 18 inches of rain and an inch of snow have pounded the weak stalks of corn and wilted soybeans _ more than twice the normal amount of precipitation.
- In the past, similar attempts wilted amidst the politically destabilising effects of the reforms. The medium-term outlook, however, will continue to be hampered by the inadequacy of the country's infrastructure.
- Corn and soybean futures prices wilted Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade after the National Weather Service issued a rainy forecast for the Midwest.
- Derision from outside experts hasn't wilted hometown enthusiasm for tabletop experiments to create fusion at room temperature or dampened state political support for the Utah chemist whose claim startled the scientific world.
- As Don Jose, his tenor sounded as wilted as the carnation he keeps in his uniform and that he addressed in a labored Flower Song.
- I had tuna fish salad with wilted lettuce last night." Patsy Narth said the storm left her with useless credit cards and no cash.
- Universal shares have wilted in recent days as short-sellers and others started paying attention to Nevada legislators.
- Boston declared a heat emergency Wednesday, and officials in some Illinois towns say they might cancel July 4 fireworks because of tinder-dry vegetation, as much of the nation wilted for still another day in Sahara-like weather.
- They were replaced with new ones, about 100 of which turned brown and wilted last month after a few consecutive nights of temperatures in the teens.
- I felt that he knew he could frighten, terrify, use his rage like a tool - as effective as a knife. As I wilted under the barrage of verbal abuse I feared that he did not know how dangerous he could be.