squander

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈskwɒnd.ə/|[ˈskwɒn.də]    美 /ˈskwɑn.dɚ/|[ˈskʷɑn.dɚ]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate. transitive
    — .
  2. To scatter; to disperse. obsolete,transitive
    — […]our ſquander’d Troops he rallies:[…]
  3. To wander at random; to scatter. obsolete,transitive
    — […]The Wiſe-mans folly is anathomiz’d / Euen by ſquandring glances of the foole.

词形变化

squanders present,singular,third-person squandering participle,present squandered participle,past squandered past

词汇关系

衍生词
squanderable squanderation squanderer Squandergate squanderingly squanderlust squandermania squandersome unsquandered

词源

Earliest uses (late 16th c.) "to spend recklessly or prodigiously", also "to scatter over a wide area". Of unknown origin. Perhaps a blend of scatter + wander.
Compare Danish skvætte (rare)/skvatte (“to splash”) (nominalised: skvæt), Icelandic skvetta (“to squirt”), Swedish skvätta (“to splash”), Norwegian Bokmål skvette.
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