单词 | spoilage |
释义 | spoilagen.ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun] purchasec1325 ridding1347 riflinga1350 despoilingc1374 preya1375 spoilingc1380 pillagea1393 shavaldrya1400 destrition14.. pillingc1400 pillery1433 spulyieingc1440 rapinea1450 spoliationc1460 depopulation1462 spulyie1464 depredation1483 despoil1483 predationa1500 pilferya1513 pollinga1513 spoil1532 pilling and pollinga1535 pilfering1548 expilation1563 rapt1584 escheat1587 fleecing1593 spoilage1597 depilation1611 manubiary1616 pillaging1629 plundering1632 exspoliation1634 peeling1641 despoliation1658 plunder1661 plunderage1700 spoliage1806 despoilment1822 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. v. 231 Not satisfied with the pillage and spoilage of their houses. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Tirer What hath beene got by miserie and pillage, comes to be subiect to vnthriftie spoylage. 2. a. The action of spoiling; the fact of being spoilt. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > damaging or injuring spillinga1122 impairment1340 marring1357 damaginga1400 defacingc1400 spoiling1479 violation?c1500 facingc1540 deface1556 defacement1561 infection1563 spoil1575 endamageance1594 damagement1603 mismaking1615 empoisonmenta1626 vitiation1635 vitiating1669 spoilage1815 savaging1858 spoliation1867 mucking about1969 1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia ii. 19 The expense produced by spoilage, during the teaching, is, a counter-consideration, which must not be neglected. b. The deterioration or decay of foodstuffs and perishable goods. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] vice1398 undisposedness1600 unsoundness1605 vitiosity1647 craziness1664 viciousness1669 disintegrity1861 rattiness1898 spoilage1928 the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > decay or deterioration of food spoilage1928 1928 Mineral Water Trade Rev. 18 Jan. 16/1 The question of spoilage is not thoroughly dealt with in this country. Spoilage is an American term denoting any kind of deterioration found in a bottled carbonated beverage. 1958 New Scientist 24 July 481/1 The time that elapses between the killing of a whale and its arrival at the processing plant is often long enough for serious bacterial spoilage to develop, impairing both the yield and quality of the oil and the flesh itself. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 27 Mar. 3/1 Israel has relied on subtler tactics to control the West Bankers. These have included detaining farmers' produce trucks to cause spoilage. 3. That which is or has been spoilt; spec. in printing (see quot. 1888). ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] > folded to form pages > surplus sheets of work waste1785 spoilage1888 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 130 Spoilage, applied to the sheets spoilt in printing, sometimes called ‘waste’. 1892 C. T. Jacobi in Athenæum 27 Aug. 289/2 A very small percentage [of extra sheets] to cover waste and spoilage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597 |
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