• n. 廢止；不用

dis-, 不，非，使相反。-suet,自己，習(xí)慣，詞源同self, custom.即不再習(xí)慣，廢棄使用。

desuetude (n.)

1620s, from Middle French désuétude (16c.), from Latin desuetudo "disuse," from desuetus, past participle of desuescere "become unaccustomed to," from de- "away, from" (see de-) + suescere "become used to" (see mansuetude).

1. Many words once commonly used have fallen into desuetude.

許多過(guò)去曾通用的詞,今天已經(jīng)廢棄不用了.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. These words have fallen into desuetude.

這些詞如今已經(jīng)不用了.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》