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单词 waning
释义
Waning
nnoun.eventa gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
Examples:
  • the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious
  • the waxing and waning of the moon
Antonyms:waxing
Derivationally Related Form:wane
Hypernyms:decrease drop-off lessening
Inherited Hypernyms:waningdecreasechangehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.changegrow smaller
Synset:decline go down wane
Examples:
  • Interest in the project waned
Derivationally Related Form:wanewaningdecline
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:declinedecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:dipdropwear on
Full Troponyms:dipdropslumptumblewear on
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changebecome smaller
Examples:
  • Interest in his novels waned
Antonyms:wax
Derivationally Related Form:waning
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:wanedecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changedecrease in phase
Examples:
  • the moon is waning
Antonyms:wax
Derivationally Related Form:wanewaning
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:wanedecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The moon will soon --- (apply to: wane)
vverb.bodybecome pale and sickly
Hypernyms:come down sicken
Inherited Hypernyms:wansickenworsenchange statechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
adjadj.all(of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases
Examples:
  • after full moon comes the waning moon
Antonyms:waxing
Inherited Hypernyms:waning
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