wane
英 [weɪn]
美 [wen]
- vi. 衰落；變小；虧缺；退潮；消逝
- n. 衰退；月虧；衰退期；缺損
- n. (Wane)人名；(英)韋恩；(阿拉伯)瓦尼；(幾、馬裏、塞內)瓦內
助記提示
1. want, wanton => wane.
2. This was derived from the base *wan- 'lacking', which also produced English want.
3. The related but now defunct English adjective wane 'lacking' is represented in the first syllable of wanton.
4. 諧音“萎了、微了”----萎縮了、微小了、微弱了。
中文詞源
wane 衰落來自Proto-Germanic*wano,缺乏，空無，詞源同want,waste。引申詞義衰弱。
英文詞源
- wane
- wane: [OE] Wane and Norwegian vana ‘spoil, waste’ are the only survivors of a family of Germanic verbs that goes back to a prehistoric *wanōjan. This was derived from the base *wan- ‘lacking’, which also produced English want. The related but now defunct English adjective wane ‘lacking’ is represented in the first syllable of wanton.
=> want, wanton - wane (v.)
- Old English wanian "make or become smaller gradually, diminish, decline, fade," from Proto-Germanic *wanen (cognates: Old Saxon wanon, Old Norse vana, Old Frisian wania, Middle Dutch waenen, Old High German wanon "to wane, to grow less"), from *wano- "lacking," from PIE *we-no-, from root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out" (see vain). Related: Waned; waning; wanes.
雙語例句
- 1. The moon is on the wane.
- 月亮漸虧.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. When did the empire begin to wane?
- 那個帝國何時開始衰落的?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Her enthusiasm for him was beginning to wane.
- 她對他的熱情在開始減退.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He was nominally Deputy Prime Minister, certainly, but his influence was clearly on the wane.
- 當然，他名義上是副首相，但是顯然他的影響力正在下降。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. In 1982, with his career prospects on the wane, he sold a script for £5,000.
- 1982年，他的事業走下坡路時，以5,000英鎊的價錢賣了個劇本。
來自柯林斯例句