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dwindle是什么意思

  • 英式英标[\'dwɪndl]
  • 美式音标[\'dwɪnd(ə)l]

vi. 减少;变小

vt. 使缩小,使减少

中文词源

dwindle 减少

词源同dye, 死亡,消逝。-le, 表反复,逐渐。即减少,逐渐消亡。

英文词源

dwindle (v.)
1590s, apparently diminutive and frequentative of Middle English dwinen "waste away, fade, vanish," from Old English dwinan, from Proto-Germanic *dwinan (cognates: Dutch dwijnen "to vanish," Old Norse dvina, Danish tvine, Low German dwinen), from PIE *dheu- (3) "to die" (see die (v.)). Related: Dwindled; dwindling.

中文解释

谐音“短的”。2. 谐音“蹲倒”,身形变小

实用例句

1. Yet, as earth's other natural resources dwindle, nations eye the Antarctic as a final repository.
然而, 由于地球上其他自然资源的减少, 一些国家视南极洲为最后的宝库.来自百科语句
2. The minute you begin to forgive yourself, you start to dwindle.
[人都是在原谅自己的那一分钟开始懈怠. ]来自互联网
3. Savings will begin to dwindle as retirees run them down.
退休人员会使中国的储蓄率开始下降.来自互联网
4. The number of people going to the cinema seems to dwindle steadily.
看电影的人数似乎在逐渐下降.来自互联网
5. In that day there will be no light ; the luminaries will dwindle.
亚14:6那日、必没有光.三光必退缩.来自互联网

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