| 单词 | to make, do waste |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make, †do waste b. Phrases, to make, †do waste, to be wasteful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (intransitive)] > be wasteful to make, do waste1390 waste1390 wanton1646 to throw the baby out with the bath1860 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 139 I bidde noght that thou do wast, Bot hold largesce in his mesure. c1475 Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Bk. (Egerton 1995) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 20 Loke þou doo noo waste. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xciii. 144 But they made grete waast & more than neded, & so by their oultrage & folye they lacked in short tyme. 1854 C. Patmore Betrothal in Angel in House 138 Long lease of his low mind befall The man who, in his wilful gust, Makes waste for one, to others all Discourteous, frigid, and unjust! < as lemmas |
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