desuetude
英 ['deswɪtjuːd; də'sjuːətjuːd]
美 ['dɛswɪ,tjʊd]
中文詞源
desuetude 廢棄，不用dis-, 不，非，使相反。-suet,自己，習慣，詞源同self, custom.即不再習慣，廢棄使用。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. Many words once commonly used have fallen into desuetude.
- 許多過去曾通用的詞,今天已經廢棄不用了.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. These words have fallen into desuetude.
- 這些詞如今已經不用了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》