wane 音标拼音: [w'en]
n . 衰微,亏缺,月亏
vi . 变小,亏缺,衰落,呈下弦,消逝,退潮
衰微,亏缺,月亏变小,亏缺,衰落,呈下弦,消逝,退潮
wane n 1 :
a gradual decline (
in size or strength or power or number )
[
synonym : {
ebb }, {
ebbing }, {
wane }]
v 1 :
grow smaller ; "
Interest in the project waned " [
synonym :
{
decline }, {
go down }, {
wane }]
2 :
become smaller ; "
Interest in his novels waned " [
ant : {
climb },
{
mount }, {
rise }, {
wax }]
3 :
decrease in phase ; "
the moon is waning " [
ant : {
full }, {
wax }]
Wane \
Wane \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Waned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Waning }.] [
OE .
wanien ,
AS .
wanian ,
wonian ,
from wan ,
won ,
deficient ,
wanting ;
akin to D .
wan -,
G .
wahnsinn ,
insanity ,
OHG .
wan ,
wana -,
lacking ,
wan ?
n to lessen ,
Icel .
vanr lacking ,
Goth .
vans ;
cf .
Gr . ?
bereaved ,
Skr . ?
na wanting ,
inferior . ????.
Cf . {
Want }
lack ,
and {
Wanton }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To be diminished ;
to decrease ; --
contrasted with {
wax },
and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon .
[
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Like the moon ,
aye wax ye and wane .
Waning moons their settled periods keep . --
Addison .
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2 .
To decline ;
to fail ;
to sink .
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You saw but sorrow in its waning form . --
Dryden .
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Land and trade ever will wax and wane together .
--
Sir J .
Child .
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Wane \
Wane \,
v .
t .
To cause to decrease . [
Obs .] --
B .
Jonson .
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Wane \
Wane \,
n .
1 .
The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator .
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2 .
Decline ;
failure ;
diminution ;
decrease ;
declension .
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An age in which the church is in its wane . --
South .
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Though the year be on the wane . --
Keble .
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3 .
An inequality in a board . [
Prov .
Eng .] --
Halliwell .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Forestry )
The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
200 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wane ":
abate ,
ablate ,
advance ,
age ,
ascend ,
back ,
back up ,
bate ,
be eaten away ,
beat ,
budge ,
calm ,
calm down ,
catabasis ,
cease ,
cessation ,
change ,
change place ,
cheat the undertaker ,
circle ,
climb ,
collapse ,
comedown ,
consume ,
consume away ,
corrode ,
crash ,
crumble ,
dead set ,
dead stand ,
dead stop ,
deadlock ,
debasement ,
decadence ,
decadency ,
deceleration ,
declension ,
declination ,
decline ,
decline and fall ,
decrease ,
decrescendo ,
deformation ,
degeneracy ,
degenerateness ,
degeneration ,
degradation ,
deliquesce ,
demotion ,
depravation ,
depravedness ,
depreciation ,
derogation ,
descend ,
descent ,
deterioration ,
devolution ,
die ,
die away ,
die down ,
diminish ,
diminuendo ,
dive ,
dodder ,
downtrend ,
downturn ,
downward mobility ,
downward trend ,
drift away ,
drop ,
drop off ,
dwindle ,
dwindling ,
dying ,
dying down ,
ease off ,
ebb ,
ebbing ,
effeteness ,
erode ,
fade ,
fade away ,
fading ,
fail ,
failing ,
failure ,
failure of nerve ,
fall ,
fall away ,
fall off ,
fall short ,
falling -
off ,
flow ,
full stop ,
get along ,
get on ,
get over ,
go ,
go around ,
go away ,
go down ,
go downhill ,
go off ,
go round ,
go sideways ,
grow old ,
gyrate ,
halt ,
hit a slump ,
hit rock bottom ,
hit the skids ,
involution ,
languish ,
lapse ,
lash ,
lessen ,
let up ,
lock ,
loss of tone ,
lull ,
melt away ,
moderate ,
molder ,
mount ,
move ,
move away ,
move off ,
move over ,
pacify ,
plummet ,
plunge ,
progress ,
pull away ,
quiesce ,
quiet ,
quieten ,
reach the depths ,
recede ,
regress ,
regression ,
relent ,
remission ,
retire ,
retreat ,
retrocede ,
retrocession ,
retrogradation ,
retrogress ,
retrogression ,
rise ,
rotate ,
run ,
run down ,
run low ,
sag ,
shake ,
shift ,
shrink ,
shrivel ,
sink ,
slacken ,
slide ,
slip ,
slippage ,
slowdown ,
slump ,
soar ,
soothe ,
spin ,
stand ,
stand off ,
standstill ,
stillstand ,
stir ,
stop ,
stream ,
subside ,
subsidence ,
switch ,
tail off ,
totter ,
touch bottom ,
tranquilize ,
travel ,
turn gray ,
turn white ,
wag ,
waggle ,
waning ,
waste ,
waste away ,
weaken ,
wear ,
wear away ,
whirl ,
widen the distance ,
withdraw ,
wither ,
wizen ,
wrinkle
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