desuetude
/des-wi-tood, -tyood/US // ˈdɛs wɪˌtud, -ˌtyud //UK // (dɪˈsjuːɪˌtjuːd, ˈdɛswɪtjuːd) //
小儿麻痹症,遗憾,小儿麻痹,遗憾的是
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the state of being no longer used or practiced.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounstate of not being in use
Examples
It turns heavily on great creaking hinges stiff from long desuetude, and swings to after us as with an ominous sigh.
Toasts have also fallen into "desuetude" at private dinners.
Having no means the Commission could do absolutely nothing, and hence may be said to be in a state of "innocuous desuetude."
James is strewn over about forty—part of which must go into desuetude, have perhaps done so already.
After the day of Pope the epistle again fell into desuetude, or occasional use, in England.
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