资料来源 : pyDict

减少,缩小,衰落使缩小

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, v. t.
   1. To make less; to bring low.

            Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught.
                                                  --Thomson.

   2. To break; to disperse. [R.] --Clarendon.

Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, n.
   The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
   [R.] --Johnson.

Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwindled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Dwindling}.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away,
   AS. dw[=i]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish,
   Icel. dv[=i]na to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain
   origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is
   added to the root with a diminutive force.]
   To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume
   away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

         Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak
         and pine.                                --Shak.

         Religious societies, though begun with excellent
         intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious
         clubs.                                   --Swift.

资料来源 : WordNet®

dwindle
     v : become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled
         down" [syn: {dwindle away}, {dwindle down}]