wane

英 [weɪn] 美 [weɪn]

• n. 衰落；亏缺；变弱
• v. 变小；亏缺；呈下弦

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 衰退（期），衰微
2. 缺损
3. 月亏（期），亏缺
4. 减少，减弱，变弱
5. 没落，衰落，败落
6. 钝棱
7. 变小
8. 缺角方木

v. 动词

1. 缺；缺损
2. 变暗淡
3. 没落，衰落，衰败，败落
4. 退潮
5. 减弱，变弱
6. 亏，亏缺
7. 衰微，衰退
8. 减少
9. 消逝，过去
10. 将近尾声
11. 越来越松
12. 变小
13. 呈下弦

英英释义

Noun:

1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

Verb:

1. grow smaller;

   "Interest in the project waned"
   

2. become smaller;

   "Interest in his novels waned"
   

3. decrease in phase;

   "the moon is waning"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The empire was on the wane after its period of prosperity.
   帝国经过全盛以后逐渐衰落。
2. By now the power of the Roman Empire was on the wane.
   到这时，罗马帝国已日益衰败。
3. Why should the moon have wax and wane?
   为什么一定会月有阴晴圆缺?
4. The sick man's strength is on the wane.
   病人的体力越来越弱。
5. The government's popularity is on the wane.
   政府的声望日益低落。

用作动词 (v.)

1. As time went on, so their hopes began to wane.
   随着时间的消逝，他们的希望开始变得渺茫。
2. The moon waxes and wanes every month.
   月亮每个月都有盈亏。
3. When the moon is at its full, it begins to wane.
   月盈则亏。

经典引文

• She, like a moon in wane, Faded before him.

  出自： Keats

• That which grows is said to wax, and that which decays to wane.

  出自： B. Jowett

词汇搭配

• wax and wane 盈亏
• on the wane 日益衰落、衰弱, 日...
• wane and wax of yin and yang 阴阳消长

近反义词

【近义词】

• diminish 减少
• decrease 减少
• decline 下降
• fade 逐渐消失
• disappear 消失
• vanish 消失
• abate 缓和
• subside 沉没
• recede 后退
• lessen 减少
• reduce 减少
• disappearance 消失
• loosen 松开
• wither 枯萎，干枯
• afternoon 下午
• ebb 退潮
• pine 松树
• lower 低的
• ebbing 动词ebb的现在进行式...
• go down 下降，下跌

【反义词】

• wax 蜡