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wane

音標[wein] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 減少, 衰微, 敗落, 虧缺, 月虧
vi. 變小, 虧缺, 衰落, 消逝, 退潮
相關詞組:
wane to the close
on the wane

詞型變化:

動詞過去式:waned 過去分詞:waned 現在分詞:waning 第三人稱單數:wanes 

英文解釋:

名詞 wane:

  1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
    同義詞:ebb, ebbing

動詞 wane:

  1. grow smaller
    同義詞:decline, go down
  2. become smaller
  3. decrease in phase

例句:

  1. The empire was on the wane after its period of prosperity.
    帝國經過全盛以後逐漸衰落。
  2. The moon waxes and wanes every month.
    月亮每個月都有盈虧。
  3. By now the power of the Roman Empire was on the wane.
    到這時,羅馬帝國已日益衰敗。

詳細解釋:


wane

v.intr.(不及物動詞)
waned,wan.ing,wanes
To decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree; decline.
衰落:體積、數量、密度或程度的逐漸減小;衰退
To exhibit a decreasing illuminated area from full moon to new moon.
(月)虧,缺:從滿月到新月期間表現出逐漸減小的明亮
To approach an end.
結束:到達終點
n.(名詞)
The act or process of gradually declining or diminishing.
衰退:逐漸沒落或減小的行為或過程

A time or phase of gradual decrease.
衰退期:逐漸衰退的時間或階段
The period of the decrease of the moon`s illuminated visible surface.
月虧期:月亮的可見的明亮部分逐漸變小的時期
A defective edge of a board caused by remaining bark or a beveled end.
缺角方木:方木的由剩餘樹皮或斜角末端引起的缺損的邊緣

<習慣用語>on the wane
In a period of decline or decrease:
衰減:處於正在衰退或減少的時期:
例句:
.The tide was near the turn and already the day was on the wane.(James Joyce)
.潮水即將退去,白晝漸漸消逝.(詹姆斯·喬伊絲)

來源:
Middle English wanen
中古英文 wanen
from Old English wanian * see eu- 2
源自 古英文 wanian *參見 eu- 2

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