waning moon

短语

词形变化

waning moons 复数 waning moons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears smaller each night as it progresses from a full moon to a new moon: a moon in any of the diminishing lunar phases.

词源

From waning + moon. Compare Middle English waynynge of the mone, wanynge of þe mone (literally “waning of the moon”).

来源:wiktionary