单词 | waster |
释义 | Word family noun wastage waste wastefulness waster wastrel adjective waste wasteful wasted wasting verb waste adverb wastefully wast·er /ˈweɪstə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 1 WASTE something British English informal someone who you think will never achieve any success in life 废物,饭桶 All her friends are drunks or wasters. 她的朋友不是酒鬼就是饭桶。2. time/money/energy waster someone or something that does not use time etc carefully or well 浪费时间/金钱/能源的人[物]Examples from the Corpuswaster• Unfortunately, he turned out to be a waster and dissipated his fortune before dying young.• Kate can't abide wasters, you know that as well as I do.• How could such an intelligent and articulate woman want a bloody waster like you?• FoE pinpointed fridges, light bulbs, washing machines, dishwashers, televisions, and tumble driers as energy wasters.• Romantic as it may be, a fireplace without glass doors is a real energy waster.• Although it is easy to dismiss meetings as time wasters, the above indicates why you should take them seriously.wast·er nounChineseSyllable achieve will never think you Corpus who someone |
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