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

use¹ /ūz/

transitive verb

To put to some purpose

To avail oneself of

To employ habitually, to exercise

To treat or behave towards

To make use of (a person; see under use²)

To take or consume (drugs or alcohol) regularly (slang; also intransitive verb)

To habituate or accustom (old except in pap; see used below)

To observe, practise, follow (archaic)

To resort to (a place) (archaic)

To behave, comport (oneself) (archaic)

intransitive verb

To be accustomed (to do, etc; chiefly in the past tense used, pronounced in this sense /ūst/; usedn't or usen't /ūsˈnt/, for used not)

To accustom oneself (with to) (Scot)

To be in the habit of so doing (archaic)

To resort (archaic)

ORIGIN: Fr user, from LL ūsāre, from L ūtī, ūsus to use

ūsˈable or ūseˈable adjective

ūsˈableness, ūseˈableness, ūsabilˈity or ūseabilˈity noun

ūsˈably or ūseˈably adverb

used /ūzd/ adjective

Already made use of

Second-hand

Experienced, expert (Scot)

Usual, customary (obsolete)

/ūst/ accustomed, habituated (with to, or (old Scot) in or with)

ūˈser noun

use-by date noun

A date, indicated on a manufacturer's or distributor's label, after which goods, esp foods, are considered no longer fit for use (also figurative)

used-upˈ adjective

Exhausted

user-friendˈly adjective

(of a computer or software item) designed to be easily understood and operable by non-specialists, guiding the user by means of clear instructions and menus, etc
(generally, of any product, etc) designed with the ease of the user in mind, deliberately not off-putting

user interface noun

The means of communication between a computer system and the user

ūˈsername or user ID noun

The name or code by which a person or group is identified when gaining access to a computer network

I could use (informal)

I would feel better for, I want, need

use up

use1 /ūz/