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单词 wasterful
释义 wasterful, a. Sc.|ˈweɪstəfʊl|
[f. waster v. + -ful.]
Wasteful.
1821Galt Ayrshire Legatees i. 5 There's no need, for all the greatness of God's gifts, that we should be wasterful.1879Macdonald Sir Gibbie lxii, Hae ye nae sang-thrift, 'At ye scatter't sae heigh, an' lat it a' drift? Wasterfu' laverock!1894Crockett Raiders v. 48 You are michty wasterfu', my laddie! What for are ye wearin' your best claes, I wad like to ken?
Hence ˈwasterfully adv., ˈwasterfulness.
1885‘J. Strathesk’ (J. Tod) More Bits xi. 206 She did not quite like some of Bell's remarks about wasterfu'ness and ‘thowlessness’.1891H. Johnston Kilmallie I. x. 178 The shepherd fares sumptuously and spends wasterfully.
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