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dwindle

C2 verb

dwindle /ˈdwɪn.dəl/ nghĩa là suy yếu, tiêu giảm

Các nghĩa

  1. suy yếu · tiêu giảm

    To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

    intransitive

    Their supplies began to dwindle after a week.

    Interest in the project slowly dwindled.

    dwindle away

  2. suy thoái, xuống cấp

    To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.

    figuratively · intransitive

    VVearie Seu'nights, nine times nine, / Shall he dvvindle, peake, and pine: […]

    Religious Societies, though begun with excellent Intention, and by Perſons of true Piety, have dwindled into factious Clubs; […]

    The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation.

  3. giảm bớt, hạ thấp

    To lessen; to bring low.

    transitive

    Our drooping days are dwindled down to nought.

  4. tan rã, giải tán

    To break up or disperse.

    there were only five hundred foot and three hundred horse left with him, for the blocking of Plymouth; the rest were dwindled away

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