| 释义 |
non-uˈtility, a.
[non- 3.]
Not utility or not for utility; used chiefly of clothes that are of better quality than utility garments.
1948News Chron. 7 Apr. 1 Children's non-utility garments. Ibid., Non-utility tables, desks, chairs. 1950Engineering 6 Jan. 11/3 ‘Nonutility generation’ is defined as ‘generation by producers..for the purpose of supplying electric power required in the conduct of their industrial or commercial operations’. 1957R. Campbell Portugal 82 In Portugal there are still the regional dresses of the people (strictly non-utility). 1960I. Jefferies Dignity & Purity iv. 55 My suits happened to be new and very non-utility. |