英语词汇“wane”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wane1

/weɪn

verb [no object]

1(Of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.Tory tried to see her reflection, but the moon was waning, the stars obscured by clouds....

Tonight and for the next week or so while the moon is waning with the brightest appearance next Tuesday night.
On the 30th, at 10: 31 P.M., the Moon wanes to last quarter for the second time in August.

Synonyms

disappear, decrease, diminish, dwindle

2(Of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker: confidence in the dollar waned...

Though my friend's interest waned and our friendship failed, my interest in the Craft only grew stronger.
As a result, the Commonwealth's powers have waxed and the residual ones of the states have waned.
Interest had waned over time although expectations were high that the site clean-up might re-awaken it.

Synonyms

decrease, decline, diminish, dwindle, shrink, contract, taper off, tail off, subside, slacken, droop, sink, ebb, dim, fade (away), grow faint, lessen, dissolve, peter out, wind down, fall off, attenuate, be on the way out, abate, fail, recede, slump, flag, atrophy, become weak, weaken, give in, give way, melt away, deteriorate, crumble, wither, disintegrate, degenerate, evaporate, collapse, go downhill, draw to a close, vanish, die out

rare evanesce, remit

Phrases

on the wane

Origin

Old English wanian 'lessen', of Germanic origin; related to Latin vanus 'vain'.

wax from Old English:
An old English verb weaxan ‘grow, increase’ is now restricted to only a few contexts. We use it to mean ‘become’ in expressions such as ‘he waxed lyrical’, and we use it for ‘to grow’ when we talk of the moon waxing and waning. It is possible that the wax that bees make comes from the same root, in the sense of what grows in the hive, but no one is certain. Waist (Late Middle English) seems to come from the same root, perhaps with reference to childbirth. Wane (Old English) is from Old English wanian ‘lessen’.

Rhymes

wane2

/weɪn

noun

The amount by which a plank or log is bevelled or falls short of a squared shape: I cut the log into slabs without removing the outside wane

Derivatives

waney

adjective ...

It can be supplied in all thicknesses with the option of waney edged, square edged or prepared boards.
But now that they are in a production mode, they can make commitments to purchase set amounts of waney lumber.
The invention makes use of waney lumber to make composite edge-glued wood products.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from wane¹.

单词	wane
释义	wane1 /weɪn / verb [no object] 1(Of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.Tory tried to see her reflection, but the moon was waning, the stars obscured by clouds.... Tonight and for the next week or so while the moon is waning with the brightest appearance next Tuesday night. On the 30th, at 10: 31 P.M., the Moon wanes to last quarter for the second time in August. Synonyms disappear, decrease, diminish, dwindle 2(Of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker: confidence in the dollar waned... Though my friend's interest waned and our friendship failed, my interest in the Craft only grew stronger. As a result, the Commonwealth's powers have waxed and the residual ones of the states have waned. Interest had waned over time although expectations were high that the site clean-up might re-awaken it. Synonyms decrease, decline, diminish, dwindle, shrink, contract, taper off, tail off, subside, slacken, droop, sink, ebb, dim, fade (away), grow faint, lessen, dissolve, peter out, wind down, fall off, attenuate, be on the way out, abate, fail, recede, slump, flag, atrophy, become weak, weaken, give in, give way, melt away, deteriorate, crumble, wither, disintegrate, degenerate, evaporate, collapse, go downhill, draw to a close, vanish, die out rare evanesce, remit Phrases on the wane Origin Old English wanian 'lessen', of Germanic origin; related to Latin vanus 'vain'. wax from Old English: An old English verb weaxan ‘grow, increase’ is now restricted to only a few contexts. We use it to mean ‘become’ in expressions such as ‘he waxed lyrical’, and we use it for ‘to grow’ when we talk of the moon waxing and waning. It is possible that the wax that bees make comes from the same root, in the sense of what grows in the hive, but no one is certain. Waist (Late Middle English) seems to come from the same root, perhaps with reference to childbirth. Wane (Old English) is from Old English wanian ‘lessen’. Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, Wayne wane2 /weɪn / noun The amount by which a plank or log is bevelled or falls short of a squared shape: I cut the log into slabs without removing the outside wane Derivatives waney adjective ... It can be supplied in all thicknesses with the option of waney edged, square edged or prepared boards. But now that they are in a production mode, they can make commitments to purchase set amounts of waney lumber. The invention makes use of waney lumber to make composite edge-glued wood products. Origin Mid 17th century: from wane¹.
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