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

waste

(wāst)

v. wast·ed, wast·ing, wastes

v.tr.

1. To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.

2. To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble: Disease wasted his body.

3. To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose: waste an opportunity.

a. To destroy completely: The invaders wasted the village.

b. Slang To kill; murder.

v.intr.

1. To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled: wasting away from an illness.

2. To pass without being put to use: Time is wasting.

1. The act or an instance of wasting or the condition of being wasted: a waste of talent; gone to waste.

2. A place, region, or land that is uninhabited or uncultivated; a desert or wilderness.

3. A devastated or destroyed region, town, or building; a ruin.

a. An unusable or unwanted substance or material, such as a waste product: industrial wastes.

b. Something, such as steam, that escapes without being used.

5. Garbage; trash.

6. The undigested residue of food eliminated from the body; excrement.

adj.

1. Regarded or discarded as worthless or useless: waste trimmings.

2. Used as a conveyance or container for refuse: a waste bin.

3. Excreted from the body: waste matter.

Idiom:

waste (one's) breath

To gain or accomplish nothing by speaking.

[Middle English wasten, from Old North French waster, from Latin vāstāre, to make empty, from vāstus, empty; see euə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: waste, blow¹, dissipate, fritter¹, squander
These verbs mean to spend or expend without restraint and often to no avail: wasted my inheritance; blew a fortune at the casino; dissipated their energies in pointless argument; frittering away her entire allowance; squandered his talent on writing jingles.

Antonym: save¹

单词	waste
释义	waste (wāst) v. wast·ed, wast·ing, wastes v.tr. 1. To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly. 2. To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble: Disease wasted his body. 3. To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose: waste an opportunity. 4. a. To destroy completely: The invaders wasted the village. b. Slang To kill; murder. v.intr. 1. To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled: wasting away from an illness. 2. To pass without being put to use: Time is wasting. n. 1. The act or an instance of wasting or the condition of being wasted: a waste of talent; gone to waste. 2. A place, region, or land that is uninhabited or uncultivated; a desert or wilderness. 3. A devastated or destroyed region, town, or building; a ruin. 4. a. An unusable or unwanted substance or material, such as a waste product: industrial wastes. b. Something, such as steam, that escapes without being used. 5. Garbage; trash. 6. The undigested residue of food eliminated from the body; excrement. adj. 1. Regarded or discarded as worthless or useless: waste trimmings. 2. Used as a conveyance or container for refuse: a waste bin. 3. Excreted from the body: waste matter. *Idiom:* *waste (one's) breath* To gain or accomplish nothing by speaking. [Middle English wasten, from Old North French waster, from Latin vāstāre, to make empty, from vāstus, empty; see euə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] *Synonyms:* waste, blow¹, dissipate, fritter¹, squander These verbs mean to spend or expend without restraint and often to no avail: wasted my inheritance; blew a fortune at the casino; dissipated their energies in pointless argument; frittering away her entire allowance; squandered his talent on writing jingles. Antonym: save¹
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