dwindle

/dwin-dl/US // ˈdwɪn dl //UK // (ˈdwɪndəl) //

缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
dwin·dled, dwin·dling.
- : to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
- : to fall away, as in quality; degenerate.

v.有主动词 verb

1
dwin·dled, dwin·dling.
- : to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink: Failing health dwindles ambition.

verbwaste away; taper off

Forms: dwindled, dwindling

Synonyms

Google, though, seems to be gaining more control over the auction as transparency and data have dwindled down over the years.
I imagine them bumping around, lost without crowded indoor spaces to breed in, thwarted by vaccine-boosted immune cells, unable to find a host, dwindling, going, gone.
That’s enough for the snowpack to be dwindling in most spots.
At some point, they might consider whether the search for a dwindling electorate is all that helpful for their survival.
Consumers are increasingly purchasing digital versions of games on platforms such as Xbox Live and the PlayStation Store, leaving GameStop with both a dwindling supply and dampened demand for used video games.
While public interest in Ebola continues to dwindle, the epidemic itself continues to soar.
As the holidays approach, Hohlfelder worries that concern will further dwindle.
For most of us, whether or not Nico is missing or dead would seem irrelevant as the days left dwindle.
If the money starts to dwindle, then Snyder will do something.
Terror continues to win as our civil liberties continue to dwindle.
With either Mr. Shepard or Mr. Low elected, Tammany would dwindle—as one now beholds it—to be a third-rate influence.
The excessive military spirit of the inhabitants had begun to dwindle, as England's interest required.

/dwin-dl/US // ˈdwɪn dl //UK // (ˈdwɪndəl) //

缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水

v.无主动词 verb

1
dwin·dled, dwin·dling.
- : to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
- : to fall away, as in quality; degenerate.

v.有主动词 verb

1
dwin·dled, dwin·dling.
- : to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink: Failing health dwindles ambition.

verbwaste away; taper off

Forms: dwindled, dwindling

Synonyms

Google, though, seems to be gaining more control over the auction as transparency and data have dwindled down over the years.
I imagine them bumping around, lost without crowded indoor spaces to breed in, thwarted by vaccine-boosted immune cells, unable to find a host, dwindling, going, gone.
That’s enough for the snowpack to be dwindling in most spots.
At some point, they might consider whether the search for a dwindling electorate is all that helpful for their survival.
Consumers are increasingly purchasing digital versions of games on platforms such as Xbox Live and the PlayStation Store, leaving GameStop with both a dwindling supply and dampened demand for used video games.
While public interest in Ebola continues to dwindle, the epidemic itself continues to soar.
As the holidays approach, Hohlfelder worries that concern will further dwindle.
For most of us, whether or not Nico is missing or dead would seem irrelevant as the days left dwindle.
If the money starts to dwindle, then Snyder will do something.
Terror continues to win as our civil liberties continue to dwindle.
With either Mr. Shepard or Mr. Low elected, Tammany would dwindle—as one now beholds it—to be a third-rate influence.
The excessive military spirit of the inhabitants had begun to dwindle, as England's interest required.