waste

noun · verb · adjectiveA2
Tiếng Việt:
lãng phí

lãng phí. Họ từ WASTE — danh từ: waste; động từ: waste; tính từ: wasteful.

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Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
wastes
  1. 1.

    (countable, uncountable)Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.

  2. 2.

    (countable, uncountable)Excrement or urine.

    The cage was littered with animal waste.

  3. 3.

    (countable, uncountable)A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.

  4. 4.

    (countable, uncountable)A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.

  5. 5.

    (countable, uncountable)A large tract of uncultivated land.

  6. 6.

    (countable, historical, uncountable)The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.

  7. 7.

    (countable, uncountable)A vast expanse of water.

  8. 8.

    (countable, uncountable)A disused mine or part of one.

  9. 9.

    (countable, uncountable)The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.

    That was a waste of time!

    Her life seemed a waste.

  10. 10.

    (countable, uncountable)Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.

  11. 11.

    (countable, uncountable)Gradual loss or decay.

  12. 12.

    (countable, uncountable)A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.

Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
more waste
Superlative
most waste
  1. 1.

    (derogatory, slang)(MTE, slang, derogatory) Useless and contemptible.

  2. 2.

    (archaic)(now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.

  3. 3.

    Barren; desert; empty.

  4. 4.

    Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.

  5. 5.

    Superfluous; needless.

  6. 6.

    Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

  7. 7.

    Unfortunate; disappointing.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
wastes
V_ing/Gerund
wasting
V_ed/pp
wastedno-table-tags
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To devastate; to destroy.

  2. 2.

    (transitive)To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.

    We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.

  3. 3.

    (slang, transitive)To kill; to murder.

  4. 4.

    (transitive)To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.

  5. 5.

    (intransitive)To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.

  6. 6.

    (intransitive)To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.

  7. 7.

    (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.

Cụm từ thường dùng

waste on

giới từ đi kèm

waste time

cụm thông dụng

waste of money

cụm thông dụng

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From Middle English wast, waste (a waste), from -, wast, waste (a waste), from *wōstī (a waste), from Proto-Germanic *wōstaz, *wōstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (empty, wasted). Displaced native Middle English wernen (to refuse) likely due to the similar sounding warnen

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