1·In looking at the pathetic, shriveled plants, Tilman and his team found that plots with 20 or so species had about half the living matter, or biomass, recorded in the same plots in a normal year.
看着可怜的枯萎植物，Tilman和他的小组发现含有约20个物种的试验田与其正常时一年记录相比有一半生物活质，或者说生物质。
2·It sounded like the impossible voice of a shriveled dead thing, a mummy or a lich that, by rights, should have no voice at all.
它听起来就像是枯萎的已死物体，比如木乃伊或者巫妖的声音，但事实上，它们是不可能有声音的。
3·The daffodils which challenge so proudly and splendidly the boisterous March winds are soon shriveled and defeated, limply wrinkling to remind us of the inevitable ravages of time.
那笑傲三月狂风的水仙花，很快枯萎一片，花残叶败，紧锁的愁眉向人们诉说着天道的无情。
4·He said the creature had three shriveled fingers and a body covered in dark fur, and that it was more than 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall.
他说，这种生物有三个手指，在黑暗中枯萎皮毛涵盖了身体，这是超过6英尺(1.8米)高。