| 单词 | throwaway |
| 释义 | throwaway (θroʊəweɪ ) Word forms: throwaways 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A throwaway product is intended to be used only for a short time, and then to be thrown away. Now they are producing throwaway razors. Synonyms: disposable, one-use, expendable A throwaway is a throwaway product. She's taken throwaways and given them new lives with the aid of paint and imagination. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you say that someone makes a throwaway remark or gesture, you mean that they make it in a casual way, although it may be important, or have some serious or humorous effect. ...a throwaway remark she later regretted. The humour and throwaway lines ensure that the piece never loses its pace. Synonyms: casual, passing, offhand, careless Collocations: throwaway culture That's the other thing about watches: in an increasingly throwaway culture they remain a symbol of continuity. Times, Sunday Times (2007) In the long term, the Government hopes to have an impact on the throwaway culture. Times, Sunday Times (2008) We live in a throwaway culture where it is cheaper to replace most faulty household goods than to repair them. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It was just a throwaway line from someone who gets paid a fortune to make lines such as that. Times, Sunday Times One moment stood out from this first episode, a throwaway line, superficially amusing, but imbued with so much depth. Times, Sunday Times It was a great throwaway line: unsparing, wry and unsettling. Times, Sunday Times A throwaway line became a meme, and the toothpaste couldn't be put back in the tube. Times, Sunday Times Hardly surprising when one throwaway line brought such overblown stick from public and media. Times, Sunday Times |
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