diminished

英 [dɪ'mɪnɪʃt] 美 [də'mɪnɪʃt]

• adj. 减少了的；被贬低的
• 动词diminish的过去式和过去分词.

英英释义

Adjective:

1. impaired by diminution

2. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use;

   "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"
   

3. (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval;

   "a diminished fifth"
   

4. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth);

   "her comments made me feel small"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. A diminished franchise is not only bad for shareholders.
   被贬低的特许权不仅对股东有害。

经典引文

• O thou [sun]..at whose sight all the Starrs Hide their diminisht heads.

  出自： Milton

• Bernard had to slink back, diminished, to his rooms.

  出自： Aldous Huxley

词汇搭配

• diminished shaft 柱径渐减的柱身...
• diminished radix complement 补码,基数反码,基数...
• diminished radix 基数减1
• diminished stile 不等宽门窗边梃...
• diminished-radix complement 补码, 基数反码...
• diminished scale 蜗线尺
• diminished image 缩小象
• diminished arch 平圆拱
• hide one's diminished head 失势隐退

近反义词

【近义词】

• small 小的
• vitiated 动词vitiate的过去...
• atrophied 萎缩的
• wasted 浪费的
• lessened 减少的
• weakened 动词weaken的过去式...
• belittled 动词belittle的过...