become smaller or lose substance同义词:dwindle away, dwindle down
例句
If I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into a wife.假如我再容忍你下去的话,我可能会一步步退化至成为老婆也未可知。
The number of people going to the cinema seems to dwindle steadily.看电影的人数似乎在逐渐下降。
Drought has dwindled the crops.干旱使农作物歉收。
My money had dwindled away.我的钱渐渐花光了。
详细解释
dwin.dle v.(动词)dwin.dled,dwin.dling,dwin.dles v.intr.(不及物动词)To become gradually less until little remains.逐渐减少:逐渐地减少直到所剩无几v.tr.(及物动词)To cause to dwindle.See Synonyms at decrease 使减少参见 decrease 来源:Frequentative of Middle English dwinen [to waste away] 中古英语 dwinen的重复 [消耗掉] from Old English dwonan [to shrink] * see dheu- 2源自 古英语 dwonan [收缩] *参见 dheu- 2