Obsolete



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解释

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• adj. 废弃的; 过时的
• ［英］ adj. 废弃的 ( no longer in use) , 过时的 ( out of date; old)
• ［记］ ob ( 不) +solete ( 使用) -> 不再使用 -> 过时的
• ［例］ The news was already obsolete.

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Latin obsoletus, from past participle of obsolescere to grow old, become disused, perhaps from ob- toward + solēre to be accustomed
• Date: 1579
• 1.
  • a. no longer in use or no longer useful <an obsolete word>
  • b. of a kind or style no longer current ; old-fashioned <an obsolete technology>
• 2. of a plant or animal part indistinct or imperfect as compared with a corresponding part in related organisms ; vestigial
• Synonyms: see old
• ? obsoletely adverb
• ? obsoleteness noun

II. transitive verb (-leted; -leting)

• Date: 1640
• to make obsolete

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