| 单词 | waste maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaste maker waste maker n. [ < title of book: see quot. 1961] a manufacturer of consumer goods that are intended not to be durable or to be partially wasted so that the demand for new goods is kept high. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of goods designed not to last waste maker1961 1961 V. Packard Waste Makers v. 48 In some cases the consumers have no choice but to be waste makers because of the way products are sold to them. Many paste pots come with brushes built into the cover, and the brushes fail..to reach the bottom... Thus millions of ‘empty’ paste jars are thrown away with a few spoonfuls of paste still in them. 1970 G. Jackson Let. 17 June in Soledad Brother (1971) 282 You dig, no waste makers, nor harnesses on production. < as lemmas |
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