英语词汇“waste”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

waste

释义

the act or an instance of wasting or being wasted

damaged, defective, or superfluous material

human or animal refuse

gradual loss or decrease by use, wear, or decay

in law, damage to an estate, esp as caused by a tenant

a sparsely settled, barren, or devastated region; a desert

uncultivated land

a broad and empty expanse, e.g. of water

go to waste

to be squandered or wasted

lay waste to

to destroy (something, esp a place) completely

[Middle English waste, wast from Old Northern French, from Latin vastus desolate, waste²]

to spend or use (something) carelessly or inefficiently

to fail to use (e.g. an opportunity)

to dispose of (something unwanted) as waste

literary to lay waste to (a place)

NAmer, slang to murder (somebody)

verb intrans

(often + away) to lose weight, strength, substance, or vitality

waste one's breath

to accomplish nothing by speaking

[Middle English wasten via Old Northern French waster from Latin vastare, from vastus desolate, waste]

discarded as refuse

waste material

uninhabited or desolate

not cultivated or used; not productive

waste land

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