evanesce
evanesce — 動詞
- 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
消散；消逝
逐漸消失、消散
to slowly disappear or fade away until nothing remains — like morning mist burning off, a memory growing faint, or a feeling losing its strength.
The morning mist evanesced as the sun climbed higher over the valley.
晨霧隨著太陽爬上山谷上空而逐漸消散。
evanesce + natural phenomenon (mist, fog, smoke)
By the second generation, the family's Italian accent had almost completely evanesced.
到了第二代，這個家庭的義大利口音幾乎完全消逝了。
Chiamaka watched the soap bubbles evanesce one by one on the surface of the bathwater.
Chiamaka 看著肥皂泡泡在浴缸水面一個接一個消散。
The pain in Diego's shoulder evanesced after a few weeks of physiotherapy.
Diego 肩膀的疼痛在幾週物理治療之後漸漸消失了。
Within a decade, public interest in the scandal had evanesced entirely.
不到十年，公眾對那樁醜聞的興趣就完全消逝了。
- 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
- 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.