| 单词 | in use |
| 释义 | in use (once / 685 pages) adj WORD FAMILY in use USAGE EXAMPLESLifts for passengers and goods were built in to provide access to the quayside although they are no longer in use. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) The department does not release first names of officers in use of force incidents. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Its rise in use prompted Oxford University Press to name it word of the year. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj currently being used robots are in use throughout industry Syn used employed in accomplishing something 2adj (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line) the lavatory is in use Syn busy, engaged occupied held or filled or in use |
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