Waning
['weɪnɪŋ] or [wen]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; 'the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious'; 'the waxing and waning of the moon'.
(adj.) (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; 'after full moon comes the waning moon' .
整理:玛丽--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wane
(n.) The act or process of waning, or decreasing.
手打:凯勒
例句/造句/用法:
- Lastly, the aim of following nature means to note the origin, the waxing, and waning, of preferences and interests. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It was dim--a pale, waning autumn day. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But the sense of the waning hour made him desperate: he could not bear the thought that a barrier of words should drop between them again. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The waning moon, which had just risen, shewed me a cottage, whose neat entrance and trim garden reminded me of my own England. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- May I suggest, Schoolmaster,' said Eugene, removing his fast-waning cigar from his lips to glance at it, 'that you can now take your pupil away. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Oh, waning moon! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Yet the scene in the dining-room of the Abbey Grange was sufficiently strange to arrest his attention and to recall his waning interest. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
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