wasting 音标拼音: [w'estɪŋ]
a . 浪费的,消耗的
浪费的,消耗的
wasting n 1 :
any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease [
synonym :
{
cachexia }, {
cachexy }, {
wasting }]
2 :
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse [
synonym : {
atrophy }, {
wasting }, {
wasting away }]
Waste \
Waste \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Wasted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Wasting }.] [
OE .
wasten ,
OF .
waster ,
guaster ,
gaster ,
F .
g [^
a ]
ter to spoil ,
L .
vastare to devastate ,
to lay waste ,
fr .
vastus waste ,
desert ,
uncultivated ,
ravaged ,
vast ,
but influenced by a kindred German word ;
cf .
OHG .
wuosten ,
G .
w ["
u ]
sten ,
AS .
w [=
e ]
stan .
See {
Waste },
a .]
[
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1 .
To bring to ruin ;
to devastate ;
to desolate ;
to destroy .
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Thou barren ground ,
whom winter '
s wrath hath wasted ,
Art made a mirror to behold my plight . --
Spenser .
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The Tiber Insults our walls ,
and wastes our fruitful grounds .
--
Dryden .
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2 .
To wear away by degrees ;
to impair gradually ;
to diminish by constant loss ;
to use up ;
to consume ;
to spend ;
to wear out .
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Until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness .
--
Num .
xiv .
33 .
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O ,
were I able To waste it all myself ,
and leave ye none ! --
Milton .
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Here condemned To waste eternal days in woe and pain . --
Milton .
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Wasted by such a course of life ,
the infirmities of age daily grew on him . --
Robertson .
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3 .
To spend unnecessarily or carelessly ;
to employ prodigally ;
to expend without valuable result ;
to apply to useless purposes ;
to lavish vainly ;
to squander ;
to cause to be lost ;
to destroy by scattering or injury .
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The younger son gathered all together ,
and . . .
wasted his substance with riotous living . --
Luke xv .
13 .
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen ,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air . --
Gray .
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4 . (
Law )
To damage ,
impair ,
or injure ,
as an estate ,
voluntarily ,
or by suffering the buildings ,
fences ,
etc .,
to go to decay .
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Syn :
To squander ;
dissipate ;
lavish ;
desolate .
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Wasting \
Wast "
ing \,
a .
Causing waste ;
also ,
undergoing waste ;
diminishing ;
as ,
a wasting disease ;
a wasting fortune .
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{
Wasting palsy } (
Med .),
progressive muscular atrophy .
See under {
Progressive }.
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188 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wasting ":
Sanforizing ,
abscess ,
aging ,
ague ,
anemia ,
ankylosis ,
anoxia ,
apnea ,
asphyxiation ,
asthma ,
ataxia ,
atrophy ,
attenuation ,
backache ,
baneful ,
bleeding ,
blennorhea ,
cachexia ,
cachexy ,
calamitous ,
cataclysmal ,
cataclysmic ,
catastrophic ,
chill ,
chills ,
chronic ill health ,
colic ,
coming apart ,
constipation ,
consuming ,
consumption ,
consumptive ,
convulsion ,
coughing ,
cracking ,
crumbling ,
cyanosis ,
deadly ,
debilitation ,
debility ,
decadent ,
declining ,
decrepitude ,
degenerate ,
delicacy ,
delicate health ,
demolishing ,
demolitionary ,
depredatory ,
desolating ,
destroying ,
destructive ,
deteriorating ,
devastating ,
diarrhea ,
disastrous ,
disintegrating ,
dizziness ,
doomful ,
doting ,
draining ,
drooping ,
dropsy ,
drying ,
drying up ,
dwindling ,
dysentery ,
dyspepsia ,
dyspnea ,
ebbing ,
edema ,
effete ,
emaceration ,
emaciation ,
enervation ,
exhaustion ,
fading ,
failing ,
fainting ,
falling ,
fatal ,
fateful ,
fatigue ,
feebleness ,
fever ,
fibrillation ,
flagging ,
flux ,
fragility ,
fragmenting ,
frailty ,
fratricidal ,
getting on ,
going to pieces ,
growing old ,
growth ,
healthlessness ,
hemorrhage ,
high blood pressure ,
hydrops ,
hypertension ,
hypochondria ,
hypochondriasis ,
hypotension ,
icterus ,
ill health ,
indigestion ,
infirmity ,
inflammation ,
insomnia ,
internecine ,
invalidism ,
invalidity ,
itching ,
jaundice ,
labored breathing ,
languishing ,
languishment ,
low blood pressure ,
lumbago ,
marasmus ,
marcescent ,
morbidity ,
morbidness ,
nasal discharge ,
nausea ,
necrosis ,
nihilist ,
nihilistic ,
pain ,
paralysis ,
parching ,
peakedness ,
pining ,
poor health ,
preshrinkage ,
pruritus ,
rash ,
ravaging ,
regressive ,
retrograde ,
retrogressive ,
rheum ,
ruining ,
ruinous ,
sclerosis ,
searing ,
seizure ,
self -
destructive ,
senescent ,
shock ,
shrinkage ,
shrinking ,
shriveling ,
sickliness ,
sinking ,
skin eruption ,
sliding ,
slipping ,
slumping ,
sneezing ,
sore ,
spasm ,
subsiding ,
subversionary ,
subversive ,
suicidal ,
tabes ,
tabetic ,
tachycardia ,
thinning ,
tumor ,
unhealthiness ,
unsoundness ,
unwholesomeness ,
upset stomach ,
valetudinarianism ,
vandalic ,
vandalish ,
vandalistic ,
vertigo ,
vomiting ,
waning ,
wasteful ,
weakliness ,
wilting ,
withering ,
worsening
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