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单词 to waste paper
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to waste paper
d. to waste words, to waste breath, †to waste wind: to speak to no purpose; †also reflexive in the same sense. Similarly to waste paper, to waste space (i.e. in writing).
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > speak in vain
to waste breathc1540
to waste (one's) breath1572
to talk to a brick wall1873
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > speak in vain [verb (reflexive)]
to waste wordsa1647
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > write in vain
to waste space1709
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9788 But all þaire wordis þai wast, & þaire wynd alse.
1568 R. Henryson in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 211 Of þis mater I do bot waistis wind.
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Kiv v Meaning no more at this time to build Castles in the aire, nor wast my wordes to a deafe man.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 74 You but waste your words . View more context for this quotation
a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. i. 91 That I may not heereafter wast my sealfe in tedyous repetitions.
1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iii. iii. 35 In weak complaints you vainly wast your breath.
1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §137. 161 As for the Idea of Motion in Abstract, I shall not waste Paper about it.
1812 P. B. Shelley Addr. in Prose Wks. (1888) I. 226 A great many words were wasted, and a great deal of blood shed.
1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 214 Without wasting any more time and space, I will proceed to describe the drawings.
1905 R. Bagot Passport xxxv. 405 We need not waste words in coming to our point.
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