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dwindle v.减少；缩小 (1) 网咖的数目正开始逐渐减少中。 The word dwindle has a wonderfully descriptive, almost childlike sound to it, as though it belongs in a nursery rhyme. That might help you remember the meaning, which is to shrink away gradually, like the Cheshire Cat in "Alice in Wonderland," who dwindles away until nothing is left but his grin.

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英 ['dwɪndl] 美 ['dwɪndl] (1) The number of Internet cafes is starting to dwindle. What do love, money, and the earth all have in common? All can dwindle, or shrink away, if we don't handle them properly. 1[VERB 动词](数量上)减少，缩小 If something dwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number.   [V]  [V-ing]The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred...工厂雇员总数已经从 4,000 多人减少到几百人。Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling...出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority.他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。

英语单词	dwindle
英美音标	英 ['dwɪndl] 美 ['dwɪndl]
中文释义	v.减少；缩小
英语例句	(1) The number of Internet cafes is starting to dwindle.
中文例句	(1) 网咖的数目正开始逐渐减少中。
vocabulary简明	What do love, money, and the earth all have in common? All can dwindle, or shrink away, if we don't handle them properly.
vocabulary扩展	The word dwindle has a wonderfully descriptive, almost childlike sound to it, as though it belongs in a nursery rhyme. That might help you remember the meaning, which is to shrink away gradually, like the Cheshire Cat in "Alice in Wonderland," who dwindles away until nothing is left but his grin.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词](数量上)减少，缩小 If something dwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number. [V] [V-ing] The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred... 工厂雇员总数已经从 4,000 多人减少到几百人。 Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling... 出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。 He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。

Dwindle Shrink Dwindling 英 Dwɪndl] 美 Dwɪndl V.减少；缩小 Number