desuetude
英 ['deswɪtjuːd; də'sjuːətjuːd]
美 ['dɛswɪ,tjʊd]
desuetude 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。
desuetude 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).
desuetude 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》