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discard

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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dis·card1 /dɪsˈkɑːd $ -ɑːrd/ ●○○ verb  1 [transitive]THROW AWAY to get rid of something 扔掉,弃置 SYN throw away Discard any old cleaning materials. 把所有旧清洁用品都扔掉。 discarded paper 丢弃的纸张2. [intransitive, transitive]DGC to put down unwanted cards in a card game 〔在牌戏中〕打出(不想要的牌),垫(牌)
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Examples from the Corpus
discardWait! You forgot to discard.In many cases, expensive equipment is being discarded.The parasitism of advertising enables it to use and discard any style and content for its own ends.Meanwhile, librarian Jane Lane has recently had to discard around 100 social science books because they were woefully out of date.A child had become trapped in a refrigerator discarded in a vacant lot.Interference pattern Today's cellphone networks treat the interference information as unwanted noise and discard it.A first step for this current administration would be to discard its ideologically-inspired opposition to council housing building.I just traded up, discarding my old Colorado Jumbo 250 tape drive for new Colorado Jumbo 1400.Cut the olives into small slices and discard the pits.People who discard their litter in the streets should have to pay heavy fines.
Related topics: Cards
dis·card2 /ˈdɪskɑːd $ -ɑːrd/ noun [countable]  DGCan unwanted card that is put down in a card game 〔在牌戏中〕因不要而打出的牌,垫出的牌
Examples from the Corpus
discardHer sensible cotton nightshirt must have been one of his discards.Marble discards are crushed to make the gravel or composite paving stones you see all over the world.Cap Sogea had such dominance in the class that her one discard was a 1st place.What is one institution's discard is another's desideratum.People pay him to haul away their discards.
Origin discard1 (1700-1800) dis- + → CARD15
to something get rid Corpus of


discard
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discard1 /dɪsˈkɑːd $ -ɑːrd/ verb
 Date: 1700-1800
 Origin: dis- + card1(5)
1. [transitive] to get rid of something
   SYN  throw away:
    Discard any old cleaning materials.
    discarded paper
2. [intransitive and transitive] to put down unwanted cards in a card game

II
discard2 /ˈdɪskɑːd $ -ɑːrd/ noun [countable]
an unwanted card that is put down in a card game


dis·card verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they discard BrE /ˈskɑːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈskɑːrd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it discards BrE /dɪˈskɑːdz/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈskɑːrdz/ 🔊past simple discarded BrE /dɪˈskɑːdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈskɑːrdɪd/ 🔊past participle discarded BrE /dɪˈskɑːdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈskɑːrdɪd/ 🔊 -ing form discarding BrE /dɪˈskɑːdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈskɑːrdɪŋ/ 🔊BrE /ˈskɑːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈskɑːrd/ 🔊 [transitive] (formal) to get rid of sth that you no longer want or need 丢弃;抛弃~ sb/sth The room was littered with discarded newspapers. 房间里到处是乱扔的报纸。🔊🔊He had discarded his jacket because of the heat. 因天气炎热他脱掉了夹克。🔊🔊(figurative) She could now discard all thought of promotion. 她现在可以打消晋升的念头了。🔊🔊~ sb/sth as sth 10% of the data was discarded as unreliable.10% 的数据因不可靠而被废弃。 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) (in card games 纸牌游戏) to get rid of a card that you do not want 垫(牌);打出(无用的牌)
dis·card nounBrE /ˈdɪskɑːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɪskɑːrd/ 🔊a person or thing that is not wanted or thrown away, especially a card in a card game 被抛弃的人(或物);(尤指纸牌游戏中)垫出的牌