desuetude
英 ['deswɪtjuːd; də'sjuːətjuːd]
美['dɛswɪ,tjʊd]
- n. 废止；不用
英英释义
- 1. a state of inactivity or disuse
实用场景例句
- Many words once commonly used have fallen into desuetude.
- 许多过去曾通用的词,今天已经废弃不用了.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
中文词源
desuetude 废弃，不用
dis-, 不，非，使相反。-suet,自己，习惯，词源同self, custom.即不再习惯，废弃使用。
双语例句
- 1. Many words once commonly used have fallen into desuetude.
- 许多过去曾通用的词,今天已经废弃不用了.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 2. These words have fallen into desuetude.
- 这些词如今已经不用了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
英文词源
- desuetude (n.)
- 1620s, from Middle French désuétude (16c.), from Latin desuetudo "disuse," from desuetus, past participle of desuescere "become unaccustomed to," from de- "away, from" (see de-) + suescere "become used to" (see mansuetude).