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withering

C1 adj

withering nghĩa là tàn phá, hủy diệt

Các nghĩa

  1. tàn phá, hủy diệt

    Tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm, or cause complete destruction.

    The D-Day troops came under withering fire.

    Before the clearing had been half crossed the Arabs opened up a withering fire from behind the palisade.

  2. tàn lụi nhanh chóng

    Diminishing rapidly.

    The playboy seemed oblivious to his withering fortune as he continued in his decadent lifestyle.

    Go—ask of nature in thy walk. The rose-bud, dying on its stalk, The fading grass—the withering tree, Are emblems of thy fate and thee.

  3. miệt thị, làm nhục

    Tending to make someone feel small; scornful in a mortifying way.

    Jane's mother in law gave her a withering look.

    He made withering remarks about his adversary.

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