Dwindle
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 变小
- ［英］ v. 变小 ( diminish; shrink; decrease)
- ［类］ crawl : proceed / dwindle : decrease ( 爬是慢慢前进 / 逐渐减少慢慢减少) 反义词: increase ( 增加) ; proliferate ( 扩增)
- ［记］ 注意不要和swindle ( 欺骗、诈骗) 相混
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb (dwindled; dwindling)
- Etymology: probably frequentative of dwine to waste away, from Middle English, from Old English dwīnan; akin to Old Norse dvīna to pine away, deyja to die — more at die
- Date: 1596
- intransitive verb
- to become steadily less ; shrink
- transitive verb
- to make steadily less
- Synonyms: see decrease
