dwindle
dwindle
verb
verb
- [no obj.]diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength
（尺寸、数量或力量上）逐渐变小，缩小；减少；减弱，衰退
traffic has dwindled to a trickle.
来往车辆已减至涓涓细流了。
[as adj. dwindling]dwindling resources.
逐渐减少的资源。
- 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
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