throwaway

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n. 免费散发的传单, 脱口而出的话, 一次性使用的物品 [经] 废品, 废件

词形变化

throwaways 复数 throwaways

别名

throw-away

教材释义与例句

名词

废品；广告传单；脱口而出的话

形容词

抛弃型的；脱口而出的；漫不经心的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something temporary and disposable, as:

    Any printed material that need not be kept after being read; especially, a flyer or brochure.

  2. 2.

    Something temporary and disposable, as:

    A burner account.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Disposable; intended for a single use prior to being discarded.

    Water was provided in throwaway plastic bottles, but the more ecologically minded of us refilled our initial bottles from the fountain.

  2. 2.

    Extemporaneous; off the cuff.

    The host made a throwaway remark about the president that was later repeated on the television news.

  3. 3.

    Given in a casual manner, either deliberately or unconsciously, with apparent disregard for effect.

    As the film opens, a martial-drum-dominated version of the "Star Wars" theme and the inevitable bottom-to-top print crawl inform us that the Clone Wars, a conflict that originated as a throwaway line in the original 1977 film... https://web.archive.org/web/20150911134648/http://www.nysun.com/arts/star-wars-clone-wars-painted-in-the-stars/83922/

    I was intrigued by the exchange in one of the opening scenes where the Warden says to Snake: "You flew the wing-five over Leningrad, didn't you?" It turns out to be just a throwaway line, but for a moment it worked like the best SF, where a casual reference can imply a lot. https://web.archive.org/web/20120125090151/http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/gibson_interview.html

词汇关系

名词

同义词 9

bill flyer circular flier broadside broadsheet gamin handbill street Arab

上位词 9

words speech ad advertising advertisement advert advertizement guttersnipe street urchin

下位词 1

stuffer
形容词

同义词 1

cast-off

近义相关 2

unwanted disposable

相关短语

throwaway ticketing

词源

Deverbal from throw away.

来源：wiktionary