| 单词 | spent |
| 释义 | spent (once / 62 pages) adj If you're spent, you are completely worn out or exhausted. Almost everyone feels completely spent after climbing a mountain or running a marathon. When you're spent, you've used up your reserves of energy, and when a physical item is spent, it's outlived its usefulness. Spent fuel, for example, has been burned and can no longer power a machine, and a rocket might power a space shuttle until it's spent and falls away. The adjective spent comes from the verb spend, "to pay out," which has the Latin root expendere, "to pay down." WORD FAMILYspent: unspent USAGE EXAMPLESIn a study of 1,200 shoppers, every minute spent in the produce section meant $1.80 more in fruit and vegetable sales. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) It will, however, show how Lucas spent some of his filmmaking fortune and that his interest in art extends beyond movies. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Texas Christian product spent the final 11 weeks of this season on the injured reserve list. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj depleted of energy, force, or strength Syn|Ant exhausted unexhausted not used up completely left, left over, leftover, odd, remaining, unexpendednot used up unconsumednot consumed unexpended, unspent(of financial resources) not spent 2adj drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted Syn dog-tired, exhausted, fagged, fatigued, played out, washed-out, worn out, worn-out tired depleted of strength or energy |
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