wane

Các nghĩa

1. suy yếu, giảm sút

   To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.

   intransitive

   You saw but sorrow in its waning form.

   Land and trade ever will wax and wane together.

   And in the cool twilight when the sea-winds wane[…]

2. mờ đi, yếu đi

   For light to dim or diminish in strength.

   intransitive

   The skies may hold not the splendour of sundown fast; / It wanes into twilight as dawn dies down into day.

3. khuyết dần

   For the Moon to pass through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.

   intransitive

   The fall of Jack, and the subsequent fall of Jill, simply represent the vanishing of one moon-spot after another, as the moon wanes.

4. tàn, sắp hết

   Said of a time period that comes to an end.

   intransitive

   Fast as autumn days toward winter: yet it seems//Here that autumn wanes not, here that woods and streams

Dạng khác

• wanes present, singular, third-person
• waning participle, present
• waned participle, past

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