die back

英 [daɪ bæk]

美 [daɪ bæk]

（植物）枯死但根部还活着〔说明〕die back通常不用于进行体。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (植物)回枯，假死（指枝叶枯萎而根部仍存活）
  If a plantdies back, its leaves die but its roots remain alive.
  1. They often take a long time to die back after flowering.
     花期过后，它们的枝叶常常过很长一段时间才会枯萎。

英英释义

verb

• suffer from a disease that kills shoots
  1. The plants near the garage are dying back
  Synonym:die down

双语例句

• Finally the root-knots rotted, and dropping of etiolated leaves and the die back of the branches occurred.
  后期根结腐烂，病树叶片黄化脱落，梢枯乃至死亡。
• You are not a materialist, and afterward you die, you are gonna spring back to life with the lighter concept that God has his finger on the lighter.
  你不是一个物质主义者，但之后你死了，你会轮回重生因为你有，这个概念，上帝再次点燃了你的灯。
• But if you are an overcomer and die before the Lord comes back, you will be resurrected to be part of the man-child.
  你如果是得胜者，又在主回来之前死了，到时候你就要复活，成为男孩子的一部分。
• "And oh, I shall die if I have to go back to Tara in disgrace, like mother threatens!"
  “并且，唔，如果硬叫我这么丢脸地回塔拉去，我就要像母亲警告过的那样，死给他看！”
• However, die back of plants, grown weed and shallow extension of root in the wetland, which affect the growth and purification efficiency of plants in wetland, are problems for artificial wetland management.
  人工湿地植物存在着枯死衰退、杂草丛生和根系扩展较浅等问题，影响人工湿地的净化功能。
• Study of occurrence and control of cinnamon die back
  肉桂枯梢病的发生与防治研究
• I'd rather die than go back.
  宁可死也不回那里。
• Conversely, when forests are cleared or die back because of global warming, they emit carbon.
  与此相反，当森林被采伐，或由于全球变暖而枯死，会释放二氧化碳。
• He would rather die than go back on his comrades.
  他宁死不出卖自己的同志。
• Your eyes close and open again and again, I die and come back time after time.
  你眼睛眨呀眨，我就死去活来千百回。