dwindle的经典引文是：The sun came struggling through again and the rain dwindled to a few glittering drops.出自：J. B. Priestley。dwindle过去式:dwindled；过去分词:dwindled；现在分词:dwindling；第三人称单数:dwindles。dwindle的读音是英['dw?ndl]；美['dw?ndl]。
一、英英释义点此查看dwindle的详细内容
"Her savings dwindled down"
二、词典解释
1.(数量上)减少,缩小
If somethingdwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number.
e.g. The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred...
工厂雇员总数已经从 4,000 多人减少到几百人。
e.g. Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling...
出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。
三、例句
Those jobs will dwindle in years to come.
这些工作以后会逐年减少。
The number of Internet cafes is starting to dwindle.
网咖的数目正开始逐渐减少中。
四、词汇搭配
五、经典引文
The sun came struggling through again and the rain dwindled to a few glittering drops.
出自：J. B. PriestleyThe uproar had dwindled to silence.
出自：R. C. Hutchinson六、词义辨析
dwindle的相关近义词
decrease、diminish、decline、lessen、shrink、subside、fall off、drop、drop off、fade、fade away、disappear、reduce、abate、languish、waste、away、waste away、lower、dwindle down、dwindle away
dwindle的相关临近词
Dy、dwell、Dwindle to、dwindlement、dwindle out、dwindle away、dwindle down、dwindle into、dwindle down to、dwindle in size、dwindle away into、dwindle in numBers