evanesce

IPA/ˌiː.vəˈnes/
IPA/ˌev.əˈnes/

evanesce — verb

  • evanescepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • evanesces3rd person singular
  • evanescing-ing form
  • evanescedpast simple

1. to slowly disappear or fade away until nothing remains — like morning mist burni

1.動詞不及物C2
釋義

to slowly disappear or fade away until nothing remains — like morning mist burning off, a memory growing faint, or a feeling losing its strength.

例句

The morning mist evanesced as the sun climbed higher over the valley.

evanesce + natural phenomenon (mist, fog, smoke)

By the second generation, the family's Italian accent had almost completely evanesced.

同義詞
  • vanish

    suggests sudden or complete disappearance, not gradual; much more common and neutral in register

  • dissipate

    implies scattering or dispersion of a physical substance (fog, smoke, heat); less common for abstract ideas

  • fade

    gradual loss of colour, strength, or intensity; more frequent and less literary than evanesce

  • disappear

    the most general and neutral term; covers both gradual and sudden vanishing

反義詞
  • appear

    the opposite of disappearing; can be sudden or gradual

  • emerge

    to come out from somewhere and become visible, often after being hidden

  • materialize

    to become real or visible, sometimes suddenly

文法句型

evanesce (no object): subject gradually disappears

用法筆記

Formal or literary; rarely used in everyday conversation. Most common in written descriptions of natural phenomena (mist, smoke, clouds), physical sensations (pain, ache), or abstract qualities (memory, interest, hope) that dissolve slowly. Avoid using for sudden disappearance — use vanish or disappear instead.

常見錯誤

❌The sun evanesced behind the clouds.
✅The sun disappeared behind the clouds.
💡evanesce implies a gradual dissolving, not the sudden movement of the sun behind an obstacle.
❌I evanesced from the party early.
✅I slipped out of the party early.
💡evanesce is intransitive and too formal for casual social contexts.