decrease
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 减少，减少量
- v.
- 减少
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 decresen
- 源自 ←盎格鲁-诺曼语
- 源自 ←古法语 descreistre
- 源自 ←拉丁语 decrescere
原始词根
原始印欧语 *ḱer- (grow)
词源说明
From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
名词 Noun
- An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
- (knitting, crochet) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
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