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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11193 COCA: 10733

dwindle

verb
/ˈdwɪndl/
/ˈdwɪndl/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they dwindle
/ˈdwɪndl/
/ˈdwɪndl/
he / she / it dwindles
/ˈdwɪndlz/
/ˈdwɪndlz/
past simple dwindled
/ˈdwɪndld/
/ˈdwɪndld/
past participle dwindled
/ˈdwɪndld/
/ˈdwɪndld/
-ing form dwindling
/ˈdwɪndlɪŋ/
/ˈdwɪndlɪŋ/
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  1. to become gradually less or smaller（逐渐）减少，变小，缩小
    • dwindling audiences越来越少的观众
    • a dwindling band of supporters越来越少的支持者
    • dwindle (away) (to something) Support for the party has dwindled away to nothing.支持这个党派的力量渐渐化为乌有。
    • dwindle (from something) (to something) Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20.俱乐部会员人数已从 70 减少到 20。
    Extra Examples
    • Supplies of coal are dwindling fast.煤的供应量在迅速减少。
    • The group's support dwindled into insignificance.这个团体的支持减少到了微乎其微的地步。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • fast
    • quickly
    • rapidly
    • …
    preposition
    • into
    • to
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    Word Originlate 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.
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11193 COCA: 10733
dwindle

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤fast, quickly, rapidly迅速減少；急速減少◇Supplies of coal are dwindling fast.煤的供應量在迅速減少。➤gradually, slowly逐漸減少；慢慢縮減▸➤steadily穩步縮減▸➤away, down (especially NAmE) 逐漸減少；縮小◇Membership of the club had dwindled away to nothing.俱樂部成員人數逐漸減少到零。PREPOSITION➤into減少到◇The group's support dwindled into insignificance.這個團體的支持減少到了微乎其微的地步。➤to減至◇Profits slowly dwindled to nothing.利潤慢慢減少到零。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11193 COCA: 10733
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11193 COCA: 10733
dwindle
To become less in size, amount or value: crater, decrease, decline...

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