a situation in which something is no longer being used 不用;废弃 Extra ExamplesHer muscles had become weak through disuse. 由于不活动,她的肌肉变得虚弱无力。 The workforce has shrunk to less than a thousand and much of the plant is in disuse. 工人减少到不足1,000 人,工厂的大部份已经废弃。 Much of the factory is in disuse. 该厂的大部份已经废弃。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + disuse- be in
- fall into
- from disuse
- through disuse
- with disuse
- …
- a period of disuse
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘being unaccustomed’): from dis- (expressing negation) + the noun use.