Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 42
Worthless (a.) 無價值的；無用的；不重要的 [Z ] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate.
'T is a worthless world to win or lose. -- Byron. -- {Worth"less*ly}, adv. -- {Worth"less*ness}, n.
Worthless (a.) Lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler" [ant: {valuable}].
Worthless (a.) Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" [syn: {despicable}, {ugly}, {vile}, {slimy}, {unworthy}, {worthless}, {wretched}].
Worthlessness (n.) 無價值；不值錢；無足輕重，不中用Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness" [syn: {worthlessness}, {ineptitude}] [ant: {worth}].
Worthlessness (n.) The quality of being without practical use.
Worthlessness (n.) See Worthless
Worthless (a.) Having no real value or use.
‘That promise is worthless.’
Worthless (a.) (Of a person) Having no good qualities; deserving contempt.
‘Joan had been deserted by a worthless husband.’
Worthwhile (a.) 值得花費時間（或金錢）的，值得做的；有真實價值的 Being worth the time or effort spent.
Worthwhile (a.) Worthy. -- Worthwhileness -- n.
Worthwhile (a.) Sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest; "a worthwhile book".
Worthy (a.) 有價值的；可尊敬的；相稱的[B]；值得的，配得上的，足以……的 [F] [（+of）] [+to-v] Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
Full worthy was he in his lordes war. -- Chaucer.
These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities. -- Shak.
Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be. -- Milton.
This worthy mind should worthy things embrace. -- Sir J. Davies.
Worthy (a.) Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.
No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway. -- Shak.
The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel. -- Shak.
Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. -- Matt. iii. 11.
And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness. -- Milton.
The lodging is well worthy of the guest. -- Dryden.
Worthy (a.) Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.]
Worthy women of the town. -- Chaucer.
{Worthiest of blood} (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females. -- Burrill.
Worthies (n. pl. ) of Worthy.
Worthy (n.) [C] 知名人士；傑出人物A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies.
The blood of ancient worthies in his veins. -- Cowper.
Worthy (v. t.) To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Worthy (a.) Having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause" [ant: {unworthy}].
Worthy (a.) Worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son" [syn: {desirable}, {suitable}, {worthy}].
Worthy (a.) Having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way; "behavior worthy of reprobation"; "a fact worthy of attention".
Worthy (n.) An important, honorable person (word is often used humorously); "he told his story to some conservative worthies"; "local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable".
Wost () 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know.
Wot () 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. See the Note under Wit, v. [Obs.]
Brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it. -- Acts iii. 17. Wotest
Wotest () Alt. of Wottest.
Wottest () 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. [Obs.] Woteth
Woteth () Alt. of Wotteth.
Wotteth () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. [Obs.] "He wotteth neither what he babbleth, nor what he meaneth." -- Tyndale.
Woul (v. i.) To howl. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Would (imp. of will) Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.
Note: Would was formerly used also as the past participle of Will.
Right as our Lord hath would. -- Chaucer.
Would (n.) See 2d Weld.
Would-be (a.) Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.
Woulding (n.) Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity.
Wouldingness (n.) Willingness; desire.
Woulfe bottle (n.) A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks; -- so called after the inventor, Peter Woulfe, an English chemist.
Wound () imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing.
Wound (n.) A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like.
Wound (n.) Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.
Wound (n.) An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity.
Wounded (imp. & p. p.) of Wound.
Wounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wound.
Wound (n.) To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
Wound (n.) To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.
Wound (n.) [ C ] (Injury) (B2) （身體上的）傷，傷口 A damaged area of the body, such as a cut or hole in the skin or flesh made by a weapon.
// A gunshot wound.
// A chest/ leg wound.
// A flesh wound (= one that is not deep).
// He died from multiple stab wounds to the neck and upper body.
Wound (n.) [ C ] (Upset) 問題；痛苦；創傷 A problem or great unhappiness.
// She refuses to talk about the incident, saying it would only reopen old wounds (= make her remember unhappy past experiences).
Wound (v.) [ T usually passive ] (Injure) (B2) （身體上的）傷，傷口 To damage an area of the body, especially by making a cut or hole in the skin.
// Flying glass wounded her in the face and neck.
// The police chief was badly wounded in the explosion.
Wound (v.) [ T usually passive ] (Upset) 使受創傷；傷害 To make someone feel upset.
// He was deeply wounded by her fierce criticism.
Wound (v.) 包紮（傷口） Past simple and past participle of wind.
Woundable (a.) Capable of being wounded; vulnerable.
Wounder (n.) One who, or that which, wounds.
Woundily (adv.) In a woundy manner; excessively; woundy.
Woundless (a.) Free from wound or hurt; exempt from being wounded; invulnerable.
Woundwort (n.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys.
Woundy (a.) Excessive.
Woundy (adv.) Excessively; extremely.
Wourali (n.) Same as Curare.
Wou-wou (n.) The agile, or silvery, gibbon; -- called also camper. See Gibbon.
Wove () p. pr. & rare vb. n. of Weave.
Woven () p. p. of Weave.
Wowe (v. t. & i.) To woo.
Wowf (a.) Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged.
Wowke (n.) Week.
Wow-wow (n.) See Wou-wou.
Wox () imp. of Wax.
Woxen () p. p. of Wax.
Wrack (n.) A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
Wrack (v. t.) To rack; to torment.
Wrack (n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
Wrack (n.) Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores.
Wrack (n.) Coarse seaweed of any kind.
Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
Wrackful (a.) Ruinous; destructive.
Wrain-bolt (n.) Same as Wringbolt.
Wraith (n.) 鬼魂；幻影 An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.]
She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith. -- Sir W. Scott.
O, hollow wraith of dying fame. -- Tennyson.
Wraith (n.) Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith. -- M. G. Lewis.
Wraith (n.) A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" [syn: ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre].
Wrangled (imp. & p. p.) of Wrangle.
Wrangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrangle.
Wrangle (v. i.) 爭吵，口角；爭論，爭辯 [（+with/ over）] To argue; to debate; to dispute.
Wrangle (v. i.) To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate. "In spite of occasional wranglings." -- Macaulay.
For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. -- Shak.
He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points. -- Addison.
Wrangle (v. t.) 爭論；爭吵；爭得；爭辯得使（某人）…… [（+into/ out of）] To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
Wrangle (n.) 爭論；爭吵 [C] An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an altercation.
Syn: Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest; controversy. See {Altercation}.
Wrangle (n.) An angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" [syn: {quarrel}, {wrangle}, {row}, {words}, {run-in}, {dustup}].
Wrangle (n.) An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn: {haggle}, {haggling}, {wrangle}, {wrangling}]
Wrangle (v.) To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" [syn: {brawl}, {wrangle}].
Wrangle (v.) Herd and care for; "wrangle horses".
Wrangler (n.) An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness.
Wrangler (n.) One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime.
Wranglership (n.) The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University of Cambridge, England.
Wranglesome (a.) Contentious; quarrelsome.
Wrannock (n.) Alt. of Wranny
Wranny (n.) The common wren.
Wrap (v. t.) To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
Wrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Wrap.
Wrapt () of Wrap
Wrapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrap.
Wrap (v. t.) To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
Wrap (v. t.) To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up.
Wrap (v. t.) To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
Wrap (n.) A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.
Wrap (v.) [ T ] (B1) （用紙、布或其他材料）包，裹 To cover or surround something with paper, cloth, or other material.
// She wrapped the present and tied it with ribbon.
// Wrap the chicken in foil and cook it for two hours.
Wrap (v.) [ T ] (B2) 用…包裹；用…覆蓋 To cover someone with a piece of material in order to protect them.
// She wrapped the baby in a blanket.
// He wrapped a towel around his shoulders.
Idiom:
Be wrapped up in sth/ sb (Informal) 全神貫注於… If you are wrapped up in someone or something, you are very interested in him, her, or it and ignore other people or things.
// She's always been completely wrapped up in her children.
Wrap sb (up) in cotton wool (uk) 嬌慣（某人）；過分保護（某人） To try to protect someone too carefully.
// You can't wrap (up) your children in cotton wool forever.
Wrap sb around your little finger (Uk also Wrap sb round your little finger) 輕而易舉地說服（某人） To persuade someone easily to do what you want them to do.
// She could wrap her father around her little finger.
Wrap yourself in the flag (Disapproving) 表達強烈的愛國情感 To show great loyalty and support for your countryin a way that does not ask questions.
// Although national pride is important to the prime minister, he does not wrap himself in the flag as his predecessor used to do.
Wrapped (up) in secrecy 處於保密狀態 If something such as plan is wrapped (up) in secrecy, the details about it are kept secret.
Phrasal Verb:
Wrap sth around sb/ sth (Uk also Wrap sth round sb/ sth) (- Phrasal verb with wrap) (verb [ T ] -pp-)（通常為了保暖）用…裹住… To put a piece of clothing or material around someone or something, usually to keep them or it warm.
// It was so cold that he wrapped a scarf tightly around his face.
Wrap sth around sb/ sth (Uk also Wrap sth round sb/ sth) (- Phrasal verb with wrap) (verb [ T ] -pp-)（用身體的一部分，如手指或胳膊）環繞，抱住 To put part of your body, such as your fingers or arms, tightly around something or someone.
// She wrapped her arms around her knees.
Wrap (sb) up (- Phrasal verb with wrap) (verb [ T ] -pp-)（使某人）穿得暖和 To dress in warm clothes, or to dress someone in warm clothes.
// Wrap up well - it's cold outside.
Wrap sth up (- Phrasal verb with wrap) (verb [ T ] -pp-) (Cover) (B1) （用紙、布或其他材料）包，裹 To cover or surround something in paper, cloth, or other material.
// Have you wrapped up Jenny's present yet?
Wrap sth up (- Phrasal verb with wrap) (verb [ T ] -pp-) (Finish) (Informal) 圓滿完成 To complete something successfully.
// That just about wraps it up for today.
Wrap (n.) (Food) [ C ] 捲餅 A sandwich made with one piece of very thin bread that is folded around a filling.
Wrap (n.) (Covering) [ U ] 包裹物；覆蓋物 Material that is used to cover or protect objects.
// Plastic wrap.
// Gift wrap.
Wrap (n.) (Covering) [ C ] 寬鬆外套；浴衣 A loose piece of clothing that is worn tied around the body.
// A beach wrap.
Wrap (n.) (Covering) [ C ] （女式）披肩，圍巾 A long piece of cloth that a woman wears around her shoulders to keep her warm or for decoration.
// A chiffon/ silk wrap.
Idiom:
Take the wraps off sth 使公開；透露秘密 To allow people to know about something.
Under wraps 秘密的 Secret
// They tried to keep the report under wraps.
Wrappage (n.) The act of wrapping.
Wrappage (n.) That which wraps; envelope; covering.
Wrapper (n.) One who, or that which, wraps.
Wrapper (n.) That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering.
Wrapper (n.) Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's wrapper.
Wraprascal (n.) A kind of coarse upper coat, or overcoat, formerly worn.
Wrasse (n.) Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored.
Wrastle (v. i.) To wrestle.
Wrath (n.) [U] 憤怒，狂怒；憤怒的行為；報復行為；【宗】神譴，天罰 Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.
Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. -- Spenser.
When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased. -- Esther ii. 1.
Now smoking and frothing Its tumult and wrath in. -- Southey.
Wrath (n.) The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime. "A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil." -- Rom. xiii. 4.
Syn: Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation; resentment; passion. See {Anger}.
Wrath (a.) See {Wroth}. [Obs.]
Wrath (v. t.) To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [Obs.] "I will not wrathen him." -- Chaucer.
If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. -- Piers Plowman.
Wrath (n.) Intense anger (usually on an epic scale).
Wrath (n.) Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {wrath}, {anger}, {ire}, {ira}].
Wrath (n.) Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of God," "the day of wrath," etc. Amongst the ancients the wrath of kings was deemed sacred, for it could usually command the agency of some god for its fit manifestation, as could also that of a priest. The Greeks before Troy were so harried by Apollo that they jumped out of the frying-pan of the wrath of Cryses into the fire of the wrath of Achilles, though Agamemnon, the sole offender, was neither fried nor roasted. A similar noted immunity was that of David when he incurred the wrath of Yahveh by numbering his people, seventy thousand of whom paid the penalty with their lives. God is now Love, and a director of the census performs his work without apprehension of disaster.
X
X in our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language. X is the sacred symbol of ten dollars, and in such words as Xmas, Xn, etc., stands for Christ, not, as is popular supposed, because it represents a cross, but because the corresponding letter in the Greek alphabet is the initial of his name --_Xristos_. If it represented a cross it would stand for St. Andrew, who "testified" upon one of that shape. In the algebra of psychology x stands for Woman's mind. Words beginning with X are Grecian and will not be defined in this standard English dictionary.
Wrath (n.) [ U ] (Formal or old-fashioned) 憤怒；憤慨 Extreme anger.
// The peopl e feared the wrath of God.
Wrathful (a.) 大怒的；憤怒的 Full of wrath; very angry; greatly incensed; ireful; passionate; as, a wrathful man.
Wrathful (a.) Springing from, or expressing, wrath; as, a wrathful countenance.
Wrathily (adv.) In a wrathy manner; very angrily; wrathfully. [Colloq.]
Wrathless (a.) Free from anger or wrath. -- Waller.
Wrathy (a.) Very angry. [Colloq.]
Wraw (a.) Angry; vexed; wrathful. [Obs.]
With this speech the cock wex wroth and wraw. -- Chaucer.
Wrawful (a.) Ill-tempered. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Wrawl (v. i.) To cry, as a cat; to waul. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Wrawl (v.) Cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert" [syn: {howl}, {wrawl}, {yammer}, {yowl}]
Wrawness (n.) Peevishness; ill temper; anger. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Wray (v. t.) To reveal; to disclose. [Obs.]
To no wight thou shalt this counsel wray. -- Chaucer.
Wray (n.), CO -- U.S. city in Colorado
Population (2000): 2187
Housing Units (2000): 968
Land area (2000): 2.956924 sq. miles (7.658398 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.956924 sq. miles (7.658398 sq. km)
FIPS code: 86310
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.076721 N, 102.225873 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Wray, CO
Wray
Wreak (v. i.) To reck; to care. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Wreaked (imp. & p. p.) of Wreak.