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单词 disuse
释义 disuse
I. \“+\ transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English disusen, from dis- (I) + usen to use — more at use
1. archaic : to make unaccustomed or unused : disaccustom
2. : to discontinue the use or practice of : discard, abandon — now used chiefly in the past participial form
 < a golf course long disused >
 < a disused initiation rite >
 < the baroque scroll pediment had been disused on exteriors before the revolution — Fiske Kimball >
II. noun
Etymology: dis- (I) + use
: cessation of use, practice, or exercise : desuetude
 < intellectual vigor has been circumscribed by the disuse of the scholar's language — A.A.Hill >
 < the mine ultimately fell into disuse >
 < combat intelligence had atrophied by disuse — Shipley Thomas >
 < we should die of idiocy through disuse of our mental faculties if we did not fill our heads with romantic nonsense out of illustrated newspapers and novels and plays and films — G.B.Shaw >
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