dwindle['dwindl]

• vi.
  • 变得越来越小，逐渐变小，缩小；减少；消瘦：

    Their vast fortune has dwindled away.

    他们的大笔财产已逐渐减少。

    Their food supply dwindled when they were lost in the woods.

    当他们在森林里迷路时，他们的食物贮存减少了。

  • (质量)衰退，退化，变坏；衰落；堕落：

    The old man's health dwindled slowly day by day.

    老人的身体日渐衰弱。

    His reputation dwindled greatly.

    他的声誉大减。

• vt.
  • 使变得越来越小，使变小，使缩小，使缩减，使收缩；使减少；使衰退；使衰落：

    Failing health dwindles ambition.

    健康每况愈下使人志气衰退。

• n.
  • [用复数] [委婉语]垂暮之年
• 近义词:

  decrease

• 变形:

  vi.dwindled.dwindling