waster

n. 造成浪费的人, 造成损坏的人, 挥霍者, 浪子, 无用的人, 废品, 次品 [化] 废物

发音

UK /ˈweɪstə/

词形变化

wasters 复数

别名

wastor wastour

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.

  2. 2.

    An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.

    方言
  3. 3.

    A destroyer or plunderer.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.

  5. 1.

    A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

    废旧 政治 体育 军事
  6. 2.

    A leister; a spear for catching fish.

    苏格兰 废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

destroyer wastrel ruiner undoer uprooter

上位词 3

prodigal profligate squanderer

下位词 6

vandal saboteur wrecker annihilator diversionist iconoclast

相关短语

oxygen waster

词源

From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman wastur, Old French gastëor.

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