atrophy
/ˈætrəfɪ; `ætrəfɪ/ n[U]
wasting away of the body or part of it through lack of nourishment or use （身体或身体某部因缺乏营养或不常使用而）萎缩
(fig 比喻) The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge. 除非能多涌现出一些作家和艺术家, 否则这个国家的文化生活将枯萎衰退. atrophy, v (pt, pp -ied) [I, Tn]
(cause sth to) suffer atrophy （使某事物）萎缩
atrophied limbs, muscles 萎缩的肢体, 肌肉.