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diminishing 音标拼音: [dɪm'ɪnɪʃɪŋ] adj. 递减的 递减的 diminishing adj 1: becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; " diminishing returns"; " his diminishing respect for her" Diminish \ Di* min" ish\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Diminished}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Diminishing}.] [ Pref. di- (= L. dis-) minish: cf. L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See { Dis-}, and { Minish}.] 1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to { augment} or { increase}. [ 1913 Webster] Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt. -- Barrow. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken. [ 1913 Webster] This doth nothing diminish their opinion. -- Robynson ( More' s Utopia). [ 1913 Webster] I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. -- Ezek. xxix. 15. [ 1913 Webster] O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make ( an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To take away; to subtract. [ 1913 Webster] Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. -- Deut. iv. 2. [ 1913 Webster] { Diminished column}, one whose upper diameter is less than the lower. { Diminished scale}, or { Diminishing scale}, a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute. -- Gwilt. { Diminishing rule} ( Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge, for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft. { Diminishing stile} ( Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors. Syn: To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail; impair; degrade. See { Decrease}. [ 1913 Webster] 40 Moby Thesaurus words for " diminishing": abating, allaying, alleviating, assuaging, blunting, chastening, contractive, cushioning, dampening, damping, deadening, declining, decreasing, decrescendo, decrescent, deliquescent, diminuendo, dulling, dwindling, dying, easing, ebbing, fading, languishing, lessening, mitigating, on the wane, receding, reducing, reductive, relaxing, retiring, retreating, shrinking, sinking, softening, subduing, subsiding, tempering, waning
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