单词 | frittering |
释义 | > as lemmasˈfrittering ˈfrittering n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > waste waste1297 spillingc1380 consuminga1538 profusion1545 lavishing1574 consumption1613 lavishment1630 frittering1795 uneconomicalness1817 wastry1830 wastage1885 ineconomy1897 haemorrhaging1967 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into small pieces > excessively frittering1795 fritter1803 1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music ii. 136 The frittering of one syllable into almost half a century of semiquavers is perhaps the best and only expedient for shewing its executive powers. 1889 Spectator 9 Nov. This frittering away of feeling on the scenes of an opera. < as lemmas |
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