waste
gb/wˈeɪst/ us/wˈeɪst/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 2700
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A2
entity
1
Unwanted or unusable material
Things that are not wanted and are thrown away.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[something] is waste
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (unwanted material) with 'waste' (to use carelessly). Context helps to distinguish them.
คำพ้องความหมาย
garbage (More common in North American English for household waste; less formal.)
คำตรงข้าม
resource (Something useful or valuable, the opposite of unwanted material.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
waste disposal
|waste management
|reduce waste
|waste collection
|hazardous waste
หัวข้อ
environment
|daily life
|business
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The factory produces a lot of chemical waste.
- Please put your food waste in the compost bin.
- Electronic waste is a growing environmental problem.
- They are finding new ways to recycle plastic waste.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The bin is full of waste.
- We must not throw waste in the street.
- This machine reduces food waste.
- They burn the waste at the plant.
คำกริยา
A2
action
2
Use carelessly or without benefit
To use something in a bad way so that it is lost.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to waste [something] on [something/someone]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (to use badly) with 'spend' (neutral). 'Spend' is not always negative.
คำพ้องความหมาย
squander (More formal and often used for money or opportunities.)
คำตรงข้าม
conserve (To use something carefully so it lasts longer.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
waste time
|waste money
|waste resources
|waste energy
หัวข้อ
daily life
|business
|core_vocabulary
|finance
ตัวอย่าง
- Don't waste your time arguing with him.
- She wasted a lot of money on clothes she never wore.
- We can't afford to waste energy during the winter.
- He wasted his talent on a job he hated.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- Don't waste water when you wash dishes.
- She wasted all her money on toys.
- We waste too much paper at school.
- He wasted his chance to win.
คำนาม
A2
action
3
Unnecessary use of something valuable
When something valuable is used in a bad way and lost.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse this noun sense with the physical-material noun sense; here it is about the act, not the object.
คำพ้องความหมาย
misuse (Focuses more on wrong or improper use rather than simply careless loss.)
คำตรงข้าม
efficient use (Using something in the best possible way.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
a waste of time
|a waste of money
|a complete waste
หัวข้อ
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|finance
ตัวอย่าง
- It would be a waste of time to try again.
- Throwing away good food is such a waste.
- The meeting was a total waste of resources.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The trip was a waste of money.
- This game is a waste of time.
- Selling the car now is a waste.
adjective
B2
state
4
Thin and weak from illness or hunger
Very thin and weak because of being sick or not having enough food.
คำพ้องความหมาย
emaciated (More formal and medical term for extremely thin due to illness.)
คำตรงข้าม
healthy (Having good health and normal strength.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
waste body
|waste appearance
หัวข้อ
health
|body
ตัวอย่าง
- The patient looked pale and wasted after months in bed.
- He was wasted by the long illness.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- She looks wasted after the sickness.
- He became wasted from hunger.
- The old man was wasted by disease.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
waste
IPA
GB/wˈeɪst/
US/wˈeɪst/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
waste (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (waste)
รูปคำ
Adjective
- Base: waste
Noun
- Base: waste
- Plural: waste, wastes
Verb
- Base: waste
- 3rd Person Singular: wastes
- Present Participle: wasting
- Past: wasted
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
wastes
noun
wasting
verb
wasted
verb
Core family
wasteful
adjective B2
Related words
wastefully
adverb
wastefulness
noun
Advanced or less common
wastage
noun
วลีและสำนวน
a waste of space
1/ə wˈeɪst əv spˈeɪs/
idiom
informal
Useless person or thing
Someone or something that is useless and takes up space.
ตัวอย่าง
- That broken printer is just a waste of space.
- He's such a waste of space—he never helps with anything.
go to waste
1/ɡˈoʊ tə wˈeɪst/
idiom
Be unused and spoiled/lost
To not be used and therefore be lost or ruined.
ตัวอย่าง
- Don't let those apples go to waste—make a pie!
- His skills went to waste in that boring job.
lay waste to
1/lˈeɪ wˈeɪst tə/
idiom
literary
Destroy completely; devastate
To completely destroy something so that nothing is left.
ตัวอย่าง
- The hurricane laid waste to the coastal towns.
- The army laid waste to the enemy's land.
waste away
1/wˈeɪst əwˈeɪ/
phrasal verb
Become thin and weak from illness/hunger
To slowly become very thin and weak because of sickness or lack of food.
ตัวอย่าง
- She wasted away after months in hospital.
- The dog was wasting away when they found it.