单词 | obsolesce |
释义 | obsolescev. intransitive. To become obsolete; to fall into disuse. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > remain unused [verb (intransitive)] > fall into disuse or become obsolete to pass forth of use1565 lapse1620 to play out1835 obsolesce1873 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. vii. 266 Intermediate between the English which I have been treating of, and English of recent emergence, stands that which is obsolescing. 1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 3 The apparent exceptions to this rule, I think, can be disposed of by considering the jugular valves as obsolescing. 1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks (new ed.) Pref., in Too True to be Good 160 The lists of crimes and penalties will obsolesce like the doctors' lists of diseases and medicines. 1950 N.Y. Times 12 Nov. 96/2 (advt.) New New a thousand times New (we'd rather die than obsolesce). 1992 C. McInnes Technol. & Mod. Warfare in J. Baylis & N. J. Rengger Dilemmas World Politics v. 148 Computer half-life..may be as little as two to three years before another generation of technology becomes available and existing systems begin to obsolesce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1873 |
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