dwindle
英['dw?nd(?)l]
美['dw?ndl]
- vi. 減少；變小
- vt. 使縮小，使減少
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?dwindles;過去式:?dwindled;過去分詞:?dwindled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?dwindling;
助記提示
諧音“短的”。
2. 諧音“蹲倒”，身形變小
中文詞源
dwindle 減少
詞源同dye, 死亡，消逝。-le, 表反復，逐漸。即減少，逐漸消亡。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 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資源的減少, 一些國家視南極洲為最后的寶庫.
來自百科語句
- 2. The minute you begin to forgive yourself, you start to dwindle.
- [人都是在原諒自己的那一分鐘開始懈怠. ]
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. Savings will begin to dwindle as retirees run them down.
- 退休人員會使中國的儲蓄率開始下降.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. The number of people going to the cinema seems to dwindle steadily.
- 看電影的人數(shù)似乎在逐漸下降.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. In that day there will be no light ; the luminaries will dwindle.
- 亞14:6那日、必沒有光.三光必退縮.
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