waster

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈweɪstə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
  2. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil. obsolete
    — Or, as they that play at wasters exercise themselves by a few cudgels how to avoid an enemy's blows, let us arm ourselves against all such violent incursions which may invade our minds.
  3. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste. dialectal
  4. A leister; a spear for catching fish. Scotland,obsolete
  5. A destroyer or plunderer. obsolete
    — He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
  6. An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.
    — Unless the cast was very hot indeed, the steel would refuse to ascend, and a great many wasters were caused thereby.

词形变化

wasters plural wastor alternative wastour alternative wasters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
candle-waster oxygen waster time-waster

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman wastur, Old French gastëor.
词源 2
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