| 单词 | discard |
| 释义 | discard (once / 714 pages) nv When you discard something, you get rid of it. If your closet is overflowing with clothes you haven't worn since 1992, why not discard some of them? When the verb discard first entered the English language in the sixteenth century, it referred to card playing and meant “to throw a card away.” Discard is still used to describe getting rid of unlucky cards, but today, you’ll also hear it used in a broader sense — we discard, or throw away, things that are undesirable or no longer useful. You might discard a worn out shoe, for example. WORD FAMILYdiscard: discarded, discarding, discards USAGE EXAMPLESIf his former England striker was, once again, Moyes’s saviour, Liverpool’s Sadio Mané discarded two points with a ludicrous handball. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Discarded plastic bottles containing meth-making residue are dangerous to handle. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The reality is closer to the latter: The Baltimore artist depicts discarded plants, left to wither. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1n anything that is cast aside or discarded Hyper object, physical object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow 2n getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable Syn|Hypo|Hyper throwing away staging getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket abandonment the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away 3n (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit Hyper abandonment the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away 4v throw or cast away Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out unlearn discard something previously learnt, like an old habit deep-six, give it the deep sixtoss out; get rid of jettisonthrow away, of something encumbering junk, scrap, trashdispose of (something useless or old) wasteget rid of dumpthrow away as refuse retiredispose of (something no longer useful or needed) abandonforsake; leave behind liquidize, sell out, sell upget rid of all one's merchandise de-accessdispose of by selling close outterminate by selling off or disposing of chuck, ditchthrow away dispense withforgo or do or go without forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waivelose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime consigncommit forever; commit irrevocably get rid of, remove dispose of |
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