单词 | throwaway |
释义 | throwaway (once / 27942 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY throwaway: throwaways USAGE EXAMPLESThe throwaway scope: A way to ditch superbugs? Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) It’s in the throwaway moments that Wilson fleetingly snaps into focus. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) “Sometimes my ratio of throwaway to keep pages is 20:1,” Johnson reports. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1n an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution Syn|Hypo|Hyper bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill stuffer an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing a public promotion of some product or service 2n (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets Syn|Hyper gamin, street arab guttersnipe, street urchin a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas 3n words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis Hyper actor's line, speech, words words making up the dialogue of a play 4adj intended to be thrown away after use throwaway diapers Syn disposable designed to be disposed of after use 5adj thrown away throwaway children living on the streets Syn cast-off, discarded, thrown-away unwanted not wanted; not needed |
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