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词汇 wane
释义 wane AHD[wān] D.J.[weɪn]K.K.[wen]v.intr.(不及物动词)waned, wan.ing, wanes
    1. To decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree; decline.衰落:体积、数量、密度或程度的逐渐减小;衰退
    1. To exhibit a decreasing illuminated area from full moon to new moon.(月)亏,缺:从满月到新月期间表现出逐渐减小的明亮区
    1. To approach an end.结束:到达终点
n.(名词)
    1. The act or process of gradually declining or diminishing.衰退:逐渐没落或减小的行为或过程
    1. A time or phase of gradual decrease.衰退期:逐渐衰退的时间或阶段
    2. The period of the decrease of the moon's illuminated visible surface.月亏期:月亮的可见的明亮部分逐渐变小的时期
    1. A defective edge of a board caused by remaining bark or a beveled end.缺角方木:方木的由剩余树皮或斜角末端引起的缺损的边缘
Idioms习惯用语on the wane
  1. In a period of decline or decrease:衰减:处于正在衰退或减少的时期:"The tide was near the turn and already the day was on the wane"(James Joyce)“潮水即将退去,白昼渐渐消逝”(詹姆斯·乔伊丝)
Etymology语源
    1. Middle English wanen 中古英语 wanen
    1. from Old English wanian * see eu- 2源自 古英语 wanian * 参见 eu- 2
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