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Wane Wein V.减少,衰微 英 V.减少,衰微(To Decrease Size Extent

单词 wane
音标 [wein]
解释 v.减少,衰微
红宝书 【英】 v.减少,衰微(to decrease in size, extent, or degree; dwindle)
【例】 The moon wanes after it has become full.
字源 wane (v.)
Old English wanian "make or become smaller gradually, diminish, decline, fade," from Proto-Germanic *wanen (cognates: Old Saxon wanon, Old Norse vana, Old Frisian wania, Middle Dutch waenen, Old High German wanon "to wane, to grow less"), from *wano- "lacking," from PIE *we-no-, from root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out" (see vain). Related: Waned; waning; wanes.
不择手段背单词 vi. (名声)衰落; 月亏
【记】拼: 万恶(淫为首)-名声衰落
【反】intensify(vt 加强)
趣味全助记 【记】同源于vain 徒然的, 无益的;音:微, 微弱,微音,声音减弱,衰微;音:乌云,乌云遮挡了月亮太阳造成月亏

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