英语词汇“wasting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	wasting
释义	wasting I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of wasten to waste 1. : serving or acting to lay waste : devastating < see the cities and the towns defaced by wasting ruin — Shakespeare > 2. : undergoing gradual loss, diminution, or decay < a wasting fortune > < a wasting muscle > < sands and clays brought from the wasting Andes by the great rivers — P.E.James > 3. : causing decay or loss of strength < hectic elements producing wasting fevers in the blood of society — Times Literary Supplement > • wast·ing·ly adverb • wast·ing·ness noun -es II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of wasten to waste 1. archaic : the act or action of devastating : desolation < violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders — Isa 60:18 (Authorized Version) > 2. : wasteful use or expenditure < the wasting of money > 3. a. : the process or condition of wasting away : gradual loss of strength or substance : atrophy < results in sores, wasting and eventually death — J.F.M.Middleton > b. (1) : gradual consumption or wearing away < mingles Grecian grandeur with the rude wasting of old time — John Keats > (2) : mass-wasting c. : the process of exercising or training to lose weight
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