waning

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n. 减弱；月亏

发音

US /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/

词形变化

wanings 复数 wanings

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.

    the waning of her energy

  2. 2.

    The fact or act of becoming smaller.

    17th century, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. R. B. This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses.

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of wane

adj.
  1. 1.

    Becoming weaker or smaller.

    my patience is waning

  2. 2.

    Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.

    the waning moon

词汇关系

名词

反义词 1

waxing

上位词 3

decrease drop-off lessening

相关短语

waning gibbous waning moon waning moons wax and wane 月的盈亏, 圆缺, (喻)盛衰

词源

From Middle English waning, waninge, wonunge, from Old English wanung (“waning; diminution”), from Proto-Germanic *wanungō, equivalent to wane + -ing.

来源：wiktionary