单词 | disuse |
释义 | disusen. 1. a. Discontinuance of use, practice, or exercise; prolonged cessation from an action or practice. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Disusage or disuse, desuetudo. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1255 Fashions..well enough knowen, though they be not practised: mary, strange they be by reason of disuse. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. vi. 194 Nor is there any who from disuse did ever yet forget it. View more context for this quotation 1738 Oxford Methodists 9 The general disuse of a duty could not by any means excuse the neglect of it. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species v. 134 Structures which can be best explained by the effects of disuse. 1885 Law Times 23 May 68/2 His fine abilities rusting from disuse. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unaccustomedness to something insolence?a1475 disuse1570 unwontedness1591 unaccustomedness1611 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qiv/2 Disuse, desuetudinis. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Desaccoustumance, disuse. 1730 J. Swift Apol. Lady Carteret 7 Startled at a Scene so rude, Thro' long Disuse of Solitude. 1757 G. Shelvocke, Jr. Shelvocke's Voy. round World (ed. 2) xiv. 419 It appeared, to us, to proceed more from disuse than disinclination to work. 1792 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) V. 369 I pleaded..my disuse to the night air at this time of the year. c. The condition or state of being no longer in use; desuetude. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] disusage1475 disaccustomance1502 discustom1603 unaccustomedness1611 disaccustomedness1632 dissuetudea1639 desuetude1650 disusance1685 disuse1699 insuetude1828 unfashion1876 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 455 The other acceptation of the word falling into disuse. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xix. 371 This Custom, which is..grown in disuse for several Years past. a1771 T. Gray Poems Lydgate in Wks. (1814) II. 69 Many of them have gradually dropped into disuse. 1889 I. Taylor Origin Aryans 126 The pile dwellings, being no longer needed, gradually fell into disuse. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] unavailableness1548 inutility1598 disuse1628 disserviceableness1635 uselessness1641 improfitablenessa1643 unusefulness1694 good-for-nothingness1740 non-utility1775 unproductiveness1777 valuelessness1830 unprofiting1867 servicelessness1874 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxvi. sig. O7v Griefe is like Inke powred into Water, that fils the whole Fountaine full of blacknesse and disvse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). disusev.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > give up a habit or practice [verb (transitive)] > cause one to or disaccustom unwone1340 disuse1489 discustom1502 wean1526 disaccustom1530 uncustom1530 unaccustom1580 unwont1580 to break (any one) of a practice or habit1612 disinure1613 unhitch1622 unhabit1650 dishabituate1869 wean1891 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xix. 183 Quhen yai diswsyt er Yan may ȝhe move on yaim ȝour wer. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. xiv. 16 He sall..men steir, Quhilk lang hes bene disosit fra the weir, To armis and triumphe of victory. a1618 W. Raleigh Maxims of State in Remains (1661) 40 They are to be dis-used from the practise of Arms. a1640 W. Fenner Contin. Christ's Alarm (1657) 25 If sinne be yielded unto, it will disuse a man of Gods Ordinances. a1791 T. Blacklock On Melissa's Birth-day in Poems (1793) 198 With Bion long disus'd to play. 2. To discontinue the use or practice of (a thing); to cease to use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] > cease to use leaveeOE to lay downa1450 abuse1471 disuse1487 to leave off1570 sink1705 to put down1733 to hang up (one's sword, gun, etc.)1826 1487 Act 3 Hen. VII c. 2 Which lawe by negligence is disused. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 13 Gyf sic vordis suld be disusit..than the phrasis of the antiquite vald be confundit. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 197 They [sc. Dissenters]..condemn and disuse many things meerly because we approve and use them. 1732 True & Faithful Narr. in J. Swift Misc. III. ii. 259 Now I reflected..that I had disus'd Family Prayers for above five Years. 1849 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. v. 185 In many later examples these sub-arches are entirely disused. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 193 Other universities..have disused the term ‘Arts’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] misnote?c1225 disusec1380 misusea1382 abusec1430 misbehave?1529 misemploy1609 misdemeana1625 misimprove1648 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 1 A riche man þat dis~uside his richesse in pride and in glotonye. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. III. 355 He..disuside þe ȝiftis of God. c1430 J. Lydgate Lenvoye in Bochas Fall of Princes (1558) ii. 17 All olde abusion Of ceremonies falsly disusyng. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 123/2 Dysvsyn, or mysse vsyn a-ȝenste resone, abutor. Derivatives disˈusing n. ΚΠ 1605 Abridgm. Bk. which Ministers of Lincoln delivered to His Maiestie 52 This may..appeare by their long disvsing or seldom vsing of them. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desusitation, a disusing, discontinuing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1552v.c1380 |
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