| 单词 | dwindling |
| 释义 | dwindling (once / 3349 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY dwindling: dwindlings+/dwindle: dwindled, dwindles, dwindling USAGE EXAMPLESThe move signals Lampert remains committed to bankrolling Sears, even as the business suffers from dwindling sales and billions in red ink. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Lennon, Cleveland’s bishop since 2006, ordered the closings because of dwindling numbers of priests and parishioners and financial issues. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Babcock lies close to one of the last habitats of Florida’s dwindling panther population. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) 1n a becoming gradually less there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family Syn|Hypo|Hyper dwindling away fading away gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength decrease, drop-off, lessening a change downward 2adj gradually decreasing until little remains Syn tapering, tapering off decreasing becoming less or smaller |
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