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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11193 COCA: 10733

dwindle

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dwin·dle /ˈdwɪndl/ ●○○ verb [intransitiveI]  
(also dwindle away)LESSSMALL to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller 逐渐减少,缩小,变小
 The elephant population is dwindling.
大象的数量在减少。
 His money had dwindled away.
他的钱在逐渐变少。
dwindle to
 The stream has dwindled to a trickle.
这条小河变成了细流。
see thesaurus at decrease
dwindling adjectiveadj
 dwindling resources
日益减少的资源
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Origin dwindle
(1500-1600) dwine to become less
dwin·dle verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11193 COCA: 10733
dwindle

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBfast, quickly, rapidly迅速減少;急速減少Supplies of coal are dwindling fast.煤的供應量在迅速減少。gradually, slowly逐漸減少;慢慢縮減steadily穩步縮減away, down (especially NAmE) 逐漸減少;縮小Membership of the club had dwindled away to nothing.俱樂部成員人數逐漸減少到零。PREPOSITIONinto減少到The group's support dwindled into insignificance.這個團體的支持減少到了微乎其微的地步。to減至Profits slowly dwindled to nothing.利潤慢慢減少到零。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11193 COCA: 10733
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11193 COCA: 10733
dwindle
To become less in size, amount or value: crater, decrease, decline...

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