| 单词 | wastrel |
| 释义 | Word family noun wastage waste wastefulness waster wastrel adjective waste wasteful wasted wasting verb waste adverb wastefully was·trel /ˈweɪstrəl/ noun [countable] literaryALWASTE something a lazy person who does not try to achieve anything in life 浪荡子，不务正业的人Examples from the Corpuswastrel• But these two spent their gifts like wastrels.• Another time, Lucy talked about Jeremy, his father's wastrel shadow ever in the background.• The family were not rich; much of their land had been sold to pay the debts of successive wastrel sons.Origin wastrel (1500-1600) waste + -rel (as in scoundrel)was·trel nounChineseSyllable Corpus does who person lazy a try to not achieve |
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