| 单词 | waste |
| 释义 | Word Frequency waste(weɪst) verb 1. (transitive) to use, consume, or expend thoughtlessly, carelessly, or to no avail 2. (transitive) to fail to take advantage of to waste an opportunity 3. (when intr, often foll by away) to lose or cause to lose bodily strength, health, etc 4. to exhaust or become exhausted 5. (transitive) to ravage 6. (transitive) informal to murder or kill I want that guy wasted by tomorrow noun 7. the act of wasting or state of being wasted 8. a failure to take advantage of something 9. anything unused or not used to full advantage 10. anything or anyone rejected as useless, worthless, or in excess of what is required 11. garbage, rubbish, or trash 12. (usually plural) a land or region that is wild or uncultivated the polar wastes the barren wastes of the Sahara 13. obsolete a land or region that is devastated or ruined 14. physiology a. the useless products of metabolism b. indigestible food residue 15. disintegrated rock material resulting from erosion 16. law reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect, esp by a life-tenant adjective 17. rejected as useless, unwanted, or worthless 18. produced in excess of what is required 19. not cultivated, inhabited, or productive waste land 20. a. of or denoting the useless products of metabolism b. of or denoting indigestible food residue 21. destroyed, devastated, or ruined 22. designed to contain or convey waste products 23. lay waste Derived forms wastable (ˈwastable) adjective Word origin C13: from Anglo-French waster, from Latin vastāre to lay waste, from vastus empty |
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