释义 |
wane/wein/ v. & n.●v. intr. 1 (of the moon) decrease in apparent size after the full moon (cf. 参见 WAX2) (指月亮)缺,亏 2 decrease in power, vigour, importance, brilliance, size, etc.; decline (在能力、精力、重要性、智力、大小等方面)减低;衰减;变弱;衰退 ●n. 1 the process of waning 减退;衰退(期) 2 a defect of a plank etc. that lacks square corners (木板等)缺棱 □ on the wane waning; declining 正在减少;正在衰退 □ waney adj. (in sense 2 of n. 用于名词释义 2)[Old English wanian ‘lessen’, from Germanic] |