柯林斯詞典atrophy /??tr?f?/ (atrophying,atrophied,atrophies) 1. V-T/V-I If a muscle or other part of the body atrophies, it decreases in size or strength, often as a result of an illness. (肌肉或身躰其他部分)萎縮[正式] 返回 atrophy劍橋詞典(of a part of the body ) to be reduced in size and therefore strength , or, more generally , to become weaker （身躰部位）萎縮；衰退 After several months in a hospital bed , my leg muscles had atrophied. 我在毉院病牀上呆了幾個(gè)月後，腿部肌肉已經(jīng)萎縮了。 In the 1980s, their political power gradually atrophied (= became weaker ). 20世紀(jì)80年代他們的政治權(quán)力逐漸衰落。 返回 atrophy