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

• I'd rather die than go back.
  宁可死也不回那里。
• 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。
• Studies on the Incidence and Controlling Method of Dried up Die back of Loblolly Pine
  火炬松干枯型枯梢病的发生与防治技术研究
• Which die hard movie do you bring back?
  你会租哪一集“虎胆龙威”？
• Well, a fan of the claim that we all die alone might come back and say, Well, in the case of the string quartet, although it's true that I am playing with others, somebody could take my part.
  一个相信人是孤独而死的人也许会说，在弦乐四重奏的例子中，虽然我确实是在和其他人一起演奏，有人是可以替代我的。
• He would rather die than go back on his comrades.
  他宁死不出卖自己的同志。
• 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。
• "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！”
• 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。
• 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。