| 单词 | time-expired |
| 释义 | > as lemmastime-expired time-expired adj. whose time (of engagement as a soldier, imprisonment, etc.) has expired; in respect of which a period of time (during which something may be sold, used, etc.) has expired. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > dismissing or discharging > dismissed or discharged discarded1631 time-expired1822 paid-off1894 sacked1934 pink-slipped1957 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [adjective] > term of sentence expired time-expired1822 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > late > after the expiry of a time-limit time-barred1872 time-expired1960 1822 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1922) 3rd Ser. V. 51 Edited by a time expired Convict, and printed and published by an emancipated Felon. 1828 Morning Post 30 Dec. The Madras..has arrived off Margate... Passengers..twenty-five invalids, and Company's time expired soldiers. 1885 Sir H. Green in Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Feb. 2/1 Time-expired soldiers in India will not, as a rule, re-enter the ranks. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 402/4 The kindly Egyptian prince who..helped time-expired convicts to find honest employment. 1960 Times 5 Dec. p. vii/4 An egg producer who sold his time-expired hens as boiling-fowls. 1972 Times 17 Oct. 14/7 Return of time-expired stock like sausages and yoghurt. 1974 Ciba Symp. 20 253 Those of us who have used ‘time-expired’ human blood from blood banks in culture media have frequently found that some batches are highly toxic to trypanosomes. 2000 Observer 18 June (Review section) 7/5 A seat salvaged from a time-expired Rover became an armchair. < as lemmas |
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