dwindle
verb /ˈdwɪndl/
/ˈdwɪndl/
[intransitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they dwindle | /ˈdwɪndl/ /ˈdwɪndl/ |
| he / she / it dwindles | /ˈdwɪndlz/ /ˈdwɪndlz/ |
| past simple dwindled | /ˈdwɪndld/ /ˈdwɪndld/ |
| past participle dwindled | /ˈdwɪndld/ /ˈdwɪndld/ |
| -ing form dwindling | /ˈdwɪndlɪŋ/ /ˈdwɪndlɪŋ/ |
- to become gradually less or smaller
（逐渐）减少，变小，缩小 - dwindling audiences
越来越少的观众 - a dwindling band of supporters
越来越少的支持者 - dwindle (away) (to something) Support for the party has dwindled away to nothing.
支持这个党派的力量渐渐化为乌有。 - dwindle (from something) (to something) Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20.
俱乐部会员人数已从 70 减少到 20。
- Supplies of coal are dwindling fast.
煤的供应量在迅速减少。 - The group's support dwindled into insignificance.
这个团体的支持减少到了微乎其微的地步。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fast
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
- into
- to
词源late 16th cent.: frequentative of Scots and dialect dwine ‘fade away’, from Old English dwīnan, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch dwīnen and Old Norse dvína. - dwindling audiences