wan

Word family adverbwanlynounwannessadjectivewanwannish

wan /wɒn $ wɑːn/ adjectiveadj literary → won

WEAKTIREDlooking pale, weak, or tired 苍白的；虚弱的；倦怠的

She gave a wan smile.

她无力地笑了一下。

—wanly adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

wan• Angela looked wan and tired.• Instead, I forced my features into a wan imitation.• Amanda turned, caught Jean's eye and smiled, a thin, wan smile.• Relieved that he had an airplane at all, Branson received the news with a wan smile.• The policeman attempted a wan smile.

From Longman Business Dictionary

单词	wan
释义	wan Word family adverbwanlynounwannessadjectivewanwannish wan /wɒn $ wɑːn/ adjectiveadj literary → won WEAKTIREDlooking pale, weak, or tired 苍白的；虚弱的；倦怠的 She gave a wan smile. 她无力地笑了一下。 —wanly adverbadv Examples from the Corpus wan• Angela looked wan and tired.• Instead, I forced my features into a wan imitation.• Amanda turned, caught Jean's eye and smiled, a thin, wan smile.• Relieved that he had an airplane at all, Branson received the news with a wan smile.• The policeman attempted a wan smile. From Longman Business Dictionary Related topics: Computers WANWAN /wæn/ noun [countableC]COMPUTINGTELECOMMUNICATIONS wide area network; an arrangement in which computers in different areas or buildings are connected to each other and users in different places can look at and work on the same information The company uses a WAN to link all three of its global sites. → compare LAN Origin wan Old English “dark”
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