Wizened describes something — usually a person, a face, or a piece of fruit — that has dried out and shrunk with age, so the skin has gone thin and covered in deep lines. The picture behind the word is a grape turning into a raisin: the water leaves, the size drops, the surface folds.

Wizened這個字 describes something形容的東西 usually a person, a face, or a piece of fruit通常是人、臉，或一顆果實 that has dried out and shrunk with age因為老化而乾掉、縮小 so the skin has gone thin and covered in deep lines皮膚變薄，還布滿深深的皺紋 The picture behind the word這個字背後的畫面 is a grape turning into a raisin是葡萄變成葡萄乾 the water leaves水分流失 the size drops體積縮小 the surface folds表面皺起來

It is not just "old" and it is not just "wrinkled". A person can be very old with a smooth full face, and that face is not wizened. Wizened needs the shrinking as well: the cheeks fallen in, the hands small and bony, the whole person somehow smaller than they used to be.

It is not just "old"它不只是『old（老）』 and it is not just "wrinkled"也不只是『wrinkled（有皺紋）』 A person can be very old with a smooth full face一個人可能非常老，臉卻依然飽滿光滑 and that face is not wizened那樣的臉就不算wizened Wizened needs the shrinking as wellWizened還需要縮小的感覺 the cheeks fallen in臉頰凹陷 the hands small and bony手變小變瘦骨嶙峋 the whole person somehow smaller than they used to be整個人似乎比以前小了一號

This is a book word, not a talking word. You will meet it in stories much more often than you will hear it in a shop or an office, and it usually comes right before a noun — a wizened old man, a wizened face, a wizened little apple at the back of the fridge.

This is a book word這是一個書面用字 not a talking word不是口語會說的字 You will meet it in stories much more often than you will hear it in a shop or an office你在故事裡遇到它的機會，遠比在商店或辦公室聽到它多 and it usually comes right before a noun而且它通常緊接在名詞前面 a wizened old man, a wizened face, a wizened little apple at the back of the fridge像a wizened old man、a wizened face、a wizened little apple at the back of the fridge這樣的用法

In writing it often carries a small warm feeling as well: the wizened old woman in a story is often the one who knows things. But it can also sound unkind if you say it about a real person to their face, because you are pointing at their body drying up.

In writing it often carries a small warm feeling as well在文學作品裡，它常常還帶著一點溫暖的感覺 the wizened old woman in a story is often the one who knows things故事裡那位wizened的老婦人，往往就是那個什麼都懂的角色 But it can also sound unkind if you say it about a real person to their face但如果你當著一個真實的人的面這樣說，聽起來也可能很不客氣 because you are pointing at their body drying up因為你是在指出他們的身體正在乾枯

Teachers, though, should know it works on plants too: leaves and fruit that lose water go wizened, and there is a verb wizen for that drying-and-shrinking, though almost nobody uses the verb any more. The adjective is what survived.

Teachers, though, should know it works on plants too不過老師應該知道，它也可以用在植物上 leaves and fruit that lose water go wizened葉子和水果失去水分後就會變wizened and there is a verb wizen for that drying-and-shrinking而且還有一個動詞wizen，指這種乾掉又縮小的過程 though almost nobody uses the verb any more只是現在幾乎沒有人用這個動詞了 The adjective is what survived留下來的是形容詞