wan

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How to pronounce wan in British English: 英 [wɒn]word uk audio image

How to pronounce wan in American English: 美 [wɑn] word us audio image

  • Verb:
    become pale and sickly
  • Adjective:
    (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
    abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
    lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness

单词词源

wan (adj.)
Old English wann "dark, dusky, lacking luster," later "leaden, pale, gray," of uncertain origin, and not found in other Germanic languages. The connecting notion is colorlessness. Perhaps related to wane. Related: Wanly; wanness.

双语例句

1. Wan started out as a factory worker whose university studies as a mature student were curtailed by an eye injury .
2. Wan yanhai , the founder of the aids organization aizhixing institute , moved to the united states last may , claiming government harassment had made it impossible to carry out his work .
3. He looks miserable : his beautiful face is drawn and wan .
4. " Sometimes I feel like we are playing a complicated game with the government , " mr. wan said . " No one knows where the line is , but we just keep pushing . "
5. In an essay published last january in foreign policy , wan cited last year 's grisly attacks on schoolchildren and the suicides of several young workers at a sprawling foxconn factory assembling iphones in southern china .

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