資料來源 : pyDict
浪費,使分散浪費,漂泊,四散
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Squander \Squan"der\, v. i.
1. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful.
They often squandered, but they never gave.
--Savage.
2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.]
The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by
squandering glances of the fool. --Shak.
Squander \Squan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squandered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Squandering}.] [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water
about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan.
sqvatte, Sw. sqv["a]tta to squirt, sqv["a]ttra to squander,
Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.]
1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.]
Our squandered troops he rallies. --Dryden.
2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or
wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to
dissipate; as, to squander an estate.
The crime of squandering health is equal to the
folly. --Rambler.
Syn: To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
Squander \Squan"der\, n.
The act of squandering; waste.
資料來源 : WordNet®
squander
v 1: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance
on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the
opportunity to get and advanced degree" [syn: {waste}, {blow}]
[ant: {conserve}]
2: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: {consume},
{waste}, {ware}]