英语词汇“wane”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wane

(wān)

intr.v. waned, wan·ing, wanes

1. To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity: Interest in the subject waned.

2. To show a progressively smaller illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from full to new.

3. To approach an end: The day began to wane.

1. The act or process of gradually declining or diminishing.

a. A time or phase of gradual decrease.

b. The period of the decrease of the moon's illuminated visible surface.

3. A defective edge of a board caused by remaining bark or a beveled end.

Idiom:

on the wane

In a period of decline or decrease: "The tide was near the turn and already the day was on the wane" (James Joyce).

[Middle English wanen, from Old English wanian; see euə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	wane
释义	wane (wān) intr.v. waned, wan·ing, wanes 1. To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity: Interest in the subject waned. 2. To show a progressively smaller illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from full to new. 3. To approach an end: The day began to wane. n. 1. The act or process of gradually declining or diminishing. 2. a. A time or phase of gradual decrease. b. The period of the decrease of the moon's illuminated visible surface. 3. A defective edge of a board caused by remaining bark or a beveled end. *Idiom:* *on the wane* In a period of decline or decrease: "The tide was near the turn and already the day was on the wane" (James Joyce). [Middle English wanen, from Old English wanian; see euə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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