| 释义 |
wast·er
I. \ˈwāstə(r)\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from wasten to waste + -er
1.
a.
(1) : one that spends or consumes extravagantly : prodigal, spendthrift, squanderer
< a waster who had run through a large fortune >
(2) : a dissolute person : good-for-nothing, wastrel
< a handsome face, though you didn't need to look twice to see that it was the face of a waster — Strand Magazine >
b. : one that uses wastefully or causes or permits waste
< a speaker who is a great waster of words >
< a procedure that is a waster of time >
c.
(1) : one that lays waste or ruins : desolater, destroyer, devastator
< the ruin of youth, the waster of fortunes, the destroyer of families — Lafcadio Hearn >
< have created the waster to destroy — Isa 54:16 (Authorized Version) >
(2) archaic : one of a class of thieves of 14th century England
2.
a. : an animal (as a lamb that fails to fatten or a bird rejected for breeding) of inferior quality
b. : something that is useless or defective : an imperfect or inferior manufactured article or object
3. : a jockey who works with specified success or lack of success to take off weight
< a bad waster who can't make the weight >
II. noun
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Etymology: Middle English, of unknown origin
archaic : a wooden sword or cudgel used in fencing or singlestick
III. noun
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Etymology: alteration (influenced by leister) of Middle English waspere, from wa- (of unknown origin) + spere spear
Scotland : leister |