diminish 音标拼音: [dɪm'ɪnɪʃ]
vt .
vi . (使)减少,(使)变小
(使)减少,(使)变小
diminish v 1 :
decrease in size ,
extent ,
or range ; "
The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester "; "
The cabin pressure fell dramatically "; "
her weight fell to under a hundred pounds "; "
his voice fell to a whisper " [
synonym :
{
decrease }, {
diminish }, {
lessen }, {
fall }] [
ant : {
increase }]
2 :
lessen the authority ,
dignity ,
or reputation of ; "
don '
t belittle your colleagues " [
synonym : {
diminish }, {
belittle }]
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 ]
Diminish \
Di *
min "
ish \,
v .
i .
To become or appear less or smaller ;
to lessen ;
as ,
the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it .
[
1913 Webster ]
249 Moby Thesaurus words for "
diminish ":
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abash ,
abate ,
abbreviate ,
ablate ,
abrade ,
abridge ,
abstract ,
abuse ,
adjust to ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
allow for ,
alter ,
anesthetize ,
appease ,
assuage ,
attemper ,
attenuate ,
bank the fire ,
bate ,
be eaten away ,
belittle ,
benumb ,
blunt ,
boil down ,
box in ,
bring down ,
bring low ,
chasten ,
cheapen ,
circumscribe ,
clip ,
close ,
color ,
compress ,
condense ,
condition ,
confine ,
constrain ,
constrict ,
consume ,
consume away ,
contract ,
control ,
corrode ,
crop ,
crumble ,
crush ,
curtail ,
cushion ,
cut ,
cut back ,
cut down ,
damp ,
dampen ,
de -
emphasize ,
deaden ,
deaden the pain ,
debase ,
decline ,
decrease ,
deduct ,
deflate ,
degrade ,
deliquesce ,
demean ,
deprecate ,
depreciate ,
depress ,
derogate ,
desiccate ,
detract ,
detract from ,
devalue ,
die away ,
die out ,
discredit ,
dismiss ,
disparage ,
dispraise ,
dive ,
dock ,
downgrade ,
downplay ,
drain ,
draw in ,
drift away ,
droop ,
drop ,
drop off ,
dry up ,
dull ,
dump ,
dump on ,
dwindle ,
ease ,
ease matters ,
ease off ,
eat away ,
ebb ,
erode ,
extenuate ,
extract ,
fade ,
fade away ,
fall ,
fall away ,
fall off ,
file away ,
flag ,
foment ,
give relief ,
gloss over ,
go ,
go away ,
go in ,
hedge ,
hedge about ,
humiliate ,
ignore ,
impair ,
keep within bounds ,
languish ,
lay ,
leach ,
leaven ,
lenify ,
lessen ,
let up ,
lighten ,
limit ,
lop ,
lower ,
lull ,
make allowance for ,
melt away ,
mince ,
minify ,
minimize ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modify ,
modulate ,
mollify ,
move away ,
move off ,
narrow ,
numb ,
obtund ,
pad ,
palliate ,
pare ,
peter out ,
pine ,
play down ,
plummet ,
plunge ,
poultice ,
pour balm into ,
pour oil on ,
prune ,
pull away ,
purify ,
put down ,
qualify ,
recede ,
reduce ,
reduce the temperature ,
refine ,
regulate by ,
reject ,
relieve ,
remove ,
restrain ,
restrict ,
retire ,
retreat ,
retrench ,
retrocede ,
roll back ,
rub away ,
run low ,
sag ,
salve ,
scale down ,
sear ,
season ,
set conditions ,
set down ,
set limits ,
shorten ,
shrink ,
shrivel ,
simplify ,
sink ,
slacken ,
slake ,
slow down ,
slur over ,
smother ,
snape ,
sober ,
sober down ,
soft -
pedal ,
soften ,
soothe ,
stand off ,
step down ,
stifle ,
straiten ,
stupe ,
subduct ,
subdue ,
subside ,
subtract ,
suppress ,
tail off ,
take away ,
take down ,
take from ,
tame ,
taper ,
taper off ,
temper ,
thin ,
thin out ,
tone down ,
trip up ,
truncate ,
tune down ,
underplay ,
varnish ,
vitiate ,
wane ,
waste ,
waste away ,
weaken ,
wear ,
wear away ,
weed ,
whitewash ,
widen the distance ,
wilt ,
wind down ,
withdraw ,
wither ,
wizen ,
write off
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