exolete

无用的, 废退的

发音

UK /ˈɛksəliːt/

别名

exolet

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    That has gone out of use; disused, obsolete.

    废旧

    In which [apothecaries’ shops] many…exolete, things out of date are to be had.

    Plautus exolet phrases have been [exploded] from the eloquent orations of Cicero.

  2. 2.

    That has lost its virtue; effete, insipid.

    废旧

    These Exoticks…are now and then deprived partly of their virtues and exolete.

  3. 3.

    (of flowers) Faded.

    废旧

    Exolete, faded, or withered, as flowers.

词源

From the Latin exolētus, the perfect passive participle of exolescō, from ex + olēscō (from oleō + -ēscō).

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