vaporware

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈveɪ.pə.wɛə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈveɪpɚwɛɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An advertised product, often computer software, whose launch has not happened yet and might not ever happen. uncountable
    — Our hard-and-fast rule was that if we couldn't see it, it still resided in that special zone called "Vaporware."

词形变化

vapourware alternative,Commonwealth,UK

词源

Etymology tree
English vapor
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī)
Old English sōfte
Middle English softe
English soft
Proto-Germanic *warō
Proto-West Germanic *waru
Old English waru
Middle English ware
English -ware
English softwarebf.
English -ware
English vaporware
From vapor + -ware.
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