| 单词 | ware |
| 释义 | ware (once / 460 pages) 1n 2n 3v Ware is a particular type of item — luster ware is a kind of ceramic with a shiny metallic finish. Fiesta ware is a brand of colorful tabletop china that first became popular in the 1930s. The word shows up as a suffix, too — software, silverware, dinnerware — where it means articles of the same type or within the same category. A warehouse is a place where goods or raw materials are stored. When the word's plural, it means merchandise — when you display your wares in your shop, you're showing what you've got for sale. WORD FAMILYware: wared, wares, waring USAGE EXAMPLESThe fashion industry is grappling with an existential question: how to sell its wares to consumers? Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Ware, who was playing for the Dallas Cowboys at the time, sent Rosalind his Pro Bowl jersey soon after Williams’s death. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Fitting, since Ware, who was playing for the Dallas Cowboys at the time, sent Rosalind his Pro Bowl jersey soon after Williams’ death. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 n articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software' 2Exp|Hypo|Hyper Holy Grail (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper article of commerce an article that is offered for sale metalwarehousehold articles made of metal (especially for use at table) tablewarearticles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware) woodenwareware for domestic use made of wood chopstickone of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with crockery, dishwaretableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively cutlery, eating utensiltableware implements for cutting and eating food dinnerwarethe tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal flatwaretableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece glassware, glassworkan article of tableware made of glass gold platetableware that is plated with gold service, table servicetableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table silver platetableware that is plated with silver silverwaretableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel tea service, tea seta set of china or silverware for serving tea tinwarearticles of commerce made of tin plate toleenameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century wooden spoona spoon made of wood article one of a class of artifacts n commodities offered for sale 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper merchandise, product cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment goods carried by a large vehicle contrabandgoods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law featurean article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles genericany product that can be sold without a brand name ironmongerythe merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop irregular, secondmerchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name business line, line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product linea particular kind of product or merchandise numberan item of merchandise offered for sale refilla commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents releasemerchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) dreck, schlock, shlockmerchandise that is shoddy or inferior software package, software productmerchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for sale inventory, stockthe merchandise that a shop has on hand top of the linethe best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise piece goods, yard goodsmerchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard drawing card, leader, loss leadera featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers generic drugwhen the patent protection for a brand-name drug expires generic versions of the drug can be offered for sale if the FDA agrees sidelinean auxiliary line of merchandise commodity, good, trade good articles of commerce v spend extravagantly Syn|Hypo|Hyper consume, squander, waste dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot spend frivolously and unwisely luxuriate, wantonbecome extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously lavish, showerexpend profusely; also used with abstract nouns overspendspend at a high rate fling, splurgeindulge oneself drop, expend, spend pay out |
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