dwindle 音标拼音: [dw'ɪndəl]
vi . 减少,缩小,衰落
vt . 使缩小
减少,缩小,衰落使缩小
dwindle v 1 :
become smaller or lose substance ; "
Her savings dwindled down " [
synonym : {
dwindle }, {
dwindle away }, {
dwindle down }]
Dwindle \
Dwin "
dle \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Dwindled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Dwindling }.] [
From OE .
dwinen to languish ,
waste away ,
AS .
dw [
imac ]
nan ;
akin to LG .
dwinen ,
D .
dwijnen to vanish ,
Icel .
dv [
imac ]
na to cease ,
dwindle ,
Sw .
tvina ;
of uncertain origin .
The suffix -
le ,
preceded by d excrescent after n ,
is added to the root with a diminutive force .]
To diminish ;
to become less ;
to shrink ;
to waste or consume away ;
to become degenerate ;
to fall away .
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1913 Webster ]
Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle ,
peak and pine . --
Shak .
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Religious societies ,
though begun with excellent intentions ,
are said to have dwindled into factious clubs . --
Swift .
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Dwindle \
Dwin "
dle \,
v .
t .
1 .
To make less ;
to bring low .
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Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught .
--
Thomson .
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2 .
To break ;
to disperse . [
R .] --
Clarendon .
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Dwindle \
Dwin "
dle \,
n .
The process of dwindling ;
dwindlement ;
decline ;
degeneracy .
[
R .] --
Johnson .
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1913 Webster ]
124 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dwindle ":
abate ,
ablate ,
attenuate ,
bate ,
be consumed ,
be eaten away ,
be gone ,
calm ,
calm down ,
cease ,
cease to be ,
cease to exist ,
close ,
condense ,
consume ,
consume away ,
contract ,
corrode ,
crumble ,
decline ,
decrease ,
deliquesce ,
dematerialize ,
depart ,
die ,
die away ,
die down ,
die out ,
diminish ,
disappear ,
dispel ,
disperse ,
dissipate ,
dissolve ,
dive ,
do a fade -
out ,
drift away ,
droop ,
drop ,
drop off ,
ebb ,
erode ,
evanesce ,
evaporate ,
exit ,
extenuate ,
fade ,
fade away ,
fade out ,
fail ,
fall ,
fall away ,
fall off ,
fall short ,
flag ,
flee ,
fly ,
go ,
go away ,
halt ,
hide ,
languish ,
leave no trace ,
leave the scene ,
lessen ,
let up ,
lose strength ,
lull ,
melt ,
melt away ,
moderate ,
molder ,
move away ,
move off ,
pacify ,
pass ,
pass away ,
pass out ,
peak ,
perish ,
peter out ,
pine ,
plummet ,
plunge ,
pull away ,
quiesce ,
quiet ,
quieten ,
recede ,
reduce ,
retire ,
retire from sight ,
retreat ,
retrocede ,
run down ,
run low ,
sag ,
shrink ,
shrivel up ,
sink ,
sink away ,
soothe ,
stand off ,
stop ,
subside ,
suffer an eclipse ,
tail off ,
taper ,
taper off ,
thin ,
tranquilize ,
vanish ,
vanish from sight ,
wane ,
waste ,
waste away ,
weaken ,
wear ,
wear away ,
widen the distance ,
wilt ,
withdraw ,
wither ,
wither away
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