To use up; to exhaust or consume by use; to wear out. In later use frequently with force, fury, etc., as object.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > use up, expend, or consume [verb (transitive)] (37) spend1297 To use up; to exhaust or consume by use; to wear out. In later use frequently with force, fury, etc., as object. usea1382 transitive. To consume, expend (a commodity, a resource, etc.); (from the late 17th cent.) esp. to take or consume (an amount of something) from a… costa1400 transitive. To buy; to pay for, spend money on. Also: to expend or spend. Obsolete. consumea1527 transitive. To use up (esp. a commodity or resource), exhaust. to make a hole (in anything)1591 to be in the hole U.S.: to be in (usually financial) difficulties (cf. 3). a hole in the head, esp. in to need (something) like a hole in the head… absorb1686 transitive. To consume or use up (resources, esp. money); to occupy or take up (time). to use up1712 transitive. To consume or deplete (a stock or supply of something); to exhaust (a resource or reserve). expend1745 To use up (material or force) in any operation; also reflexive. Formerly, †to consume (provisions); cf. expense, n. 1c. to use off1812 transitive. = to use up 1a at phrasal verbs. to get through ——1833 intransitive. To use up, run through, expend (money). to go through ——1949 intransitive. To wear out; to consume, use up, exhaust. Subcategories:— rapidly (1) — severely (1) — consume all that is profitable in (2) — cause or involve expenditure or consumption (3) — use up completely or exhaust (14) — exhaust the resources of (2) — exhaust (oneself) of something (1) — exhaust one's supply of something (1) — require the entire use of (1) |
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