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wan

adjective
🔊/wɒn/
🔊/wɑːn/
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  1. looking pale and weak苍白无力的；无血色的；憔悴的
    • his grey, wan face他那苍白憔悴的面孔
    • She gave me a wan smile (= showing no energy or enthusiasm).她勉强向我微微一笑。🔊🔊
    • the wan sunlight of a winter’s morning冬天的早晨的阳光
    Extra Examples
    • She was looking a little wan.她看起来有点苍白。
    • Anne lay back, pale and wan, on the pillows.安妮苍白而苍白地躺在枕头上。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWan is used with these nouns:
    • smile
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    Word OriginOld English wann ‘dark, black’, of unknown origin.

WAN

noun
🔊/wæn/
🔊/wæn/
 (computing计算机)
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  1. a system in which computers in different places are connected, usually over a large area (the abbreviation for ‘wide area network’) 广域网（全写为 wide area network，将大范围内不同地方的电脑联网的系统）compare LANTopics Computersc2