usure

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process by which a metaphor inexorably loses its freshness, power, and imagery through overuse. uncountable
    — This movement involves a detour through metaphor: with the expropriation of the primitive meaning given to things, we fall into a metaphoric mode of understanding; in the course of human history and through the process of usure or wearing away of the figurative, and 'proper' meaning is restored; this new one is the old one effaced and carried to a higher conceptual power, now interiorized and spiritualized.
  2. An instance of degredation due to use; A sign of wear and tear. countable
    — If the cartilage is thick, there are fewer usures and less destruction of the bone.
动词 v.
  1. To commit usury. intransitive,obsolete
    — I turn no moneys in the public bank; Nor usure private.
  2. To cause to degenerate through usage.
    — The maternal tongue is irrevocably supplanted by a usured tongue, the language of the truck driver and of the maid in Andalusia.

词形变化

usures present,singular,third-person usuring participle,present usured participle,past usured past usures plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
French user
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -(ā)tūram
Old French -(ë)ure
French -ure
French usurebor.
English usure
Borrowed from French usure.
词源 2
Etymology tree
French user
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -(ā)tūram
Old French -(ë)ure
French -ure
French usurebor.
English usure
Borrowed from French usure.
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