wan /wɒn $ wɑːn/ adjectiveadj literary → wonWEAKTIREDlooking pale, weak, or tired 苍白的；虚弱的；倦怠的 She gave a wan smile. 她无力地笑了一下。
—wanly adverbadv
wan• Angela looked wan and tired.• Instead, I forced my features into a wan imitation.• Amanda turned, caught Jean's eye and smiled, a thin, wan smile.• Relieved that he had an airplane at all, Branson received the news with a wan smile.• The policeman attempted a wan smile.
From Longman Business Dictionary
Related topics: Computers
WANWAN /wæn/ noun [countableC]COMPUTINGTELECOMMUNICATIONS wide area network; an arrangement in which computers in different areas or buildings are connected to each other and users in different places can look at and work on the same informationThe company uses a WAN to link all three of its global sites.
→ compare LAN