disuse

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of not being used; neglect. uncountable
    — The garden fell into disuse and became overgrown.
动词 v.
  1. To cease the use of. transitive
    — Whether in process of time Shakspeare grew weary of the bondage of rhyme, or whether he became convinced of its impropriety in a dramatick dialogue, his neglect of rhyming (for he never wholly disused it) seems to have been gradual.
  2. To disaccustom. archaic,transitive
    — He was disused to hard work.

词形变化

disuses present,singular,third-person disusing participle,present disused participle,past disused past

词源

词源 1
From Old French desuser, equivalent to dis- + use.
词源 2
From Old French desuser, equivalent to dis- + use.
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