throwaway

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective
  1. 1.

    (not comparable)Disposable; intended for a single use prior to being discarded.

    Water was provided in throwaway plastic bottles, but the more ecologically minded of us refilled our initial bottles from the fountain.

  2. 2.

    (not comparable)Extemporaneous; off the cuff.

    The host made a throwaway remark about the president that was later repeated on the television news.

  3. 3.

    (not comparable)Given in a casual manner, either deliberately or unconsciously, with apparent disregard for effect.

    As the film opens, a martial-drum-dominated version of the "Star Wars" theme and the inevitable bottom-to-top print crawl inform us that the Clone Wars, a conflict that originated as a throwaway line in the original 1977 film... https://web.archive.org/web/20150911134648/http://www.nysun.com/arts/star-wars-clone-wars-painted-in-the-stars/83922/

    I was intrigued by the exchange in one of the opening scenes where the Warden says to Snake: "You flew the wing-five over Leningrad, didn't you?" It turns out to be just a throwaway line, but for a moment it worked like the best SF, where a casual reference can imply a lot. https://web.archive.org/web/20120125090151/http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/gibson_interview.html

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
throwaways
  1. 1.

    Something temporary and disposable, as:

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Đồng nghĩa

disposablesingle-usebeing intended for a single use single-use, disposable

Cùng gốc / liên quan

throwaway panelthrowaway ticketing

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