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wan /ˈwɑn/
(a.)蒼白的,無血色的,病態的,暗淡的(vt.)(vi.)(使)變蒼白廣域網 ; ( WIDE AREA NETWORK 的縮寫,它不同于局域網絡,它以長距離連結為主)
Wan a. Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. “Sad to view, his visage pale and wan.”
My color . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue. --Chaucer.
Why so pale and wan, fond lover? --Suckling.
With the wan moon overhead. --Longfellow.
Wan, n. The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.]
Tinged with wan from lack of sleep. --Tennyson.
Wan v. i. To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. “All his visage wanned.”
And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair. --Tennyson.
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Win v. t. [imp. & p. p. Won Obs. Wan p. pr. & vb. n. Winning.]
1. To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country. “This city for to win.” --Chaucer. “Who thus shall Canaan win.”
Thy well-breathed horse
Impels the flying car, and wins the course. --Dryden.
2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. --Sir P. Sidney.
She is a woman; therefore to be won. --Shak.
3. To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.
4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. [Archaic]
Even in the porch he him did win. --Spenser.
And when the stony path began,
By which the naked peak they wan,
Up flew the snowy ptarmigan. --Sir W. Scott.
5. Mining To extract, as ore or coal.
Syn: -- To gain; get; procure; earn. See Gain.
wan
adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or
feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun";
"the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks
fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky";
"the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
[syn: pale, pallid]
2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her
wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid]
3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or
unhappiness; "a wan smile"
n : a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local
area network [syn: wide area network]
v : become pale and sickly
[also: wanning, wanned, wannest, wanner]