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单词 wastry
释义

wastry

English

Etymology

From waste + -ery.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈweɪstɹi/
  • Rhymes: -eɪstɹi

Noun

wastry (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Extravagance, wastefulness.
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 136:
      Syne Chae had the toddy made and he handed a glass to Ewan first, as was right with a man, and another to Chris, with three spoonfuls of sugar in it, Mistress Strachan might have had something to say about that if she'd seen such wastry.

Synonyms

  • wastery

Adjective

wastry (comparative more wastry, superlative most wastry)

  1. wasteful, extravagant

Anagrams

  • sawtry, strawy, swarty
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