vt.

1. 用，使用
   May I use your pen?

   我用一下你的筆可以嗎？

2. 發揮；行使
   He promised to use his influence.

   他答應運用他的影響力。

3. 耗費
4. 利用（他人，時間，機遇等）
   They used him to shock the others.

   他們利用他來嚇唬別人。

5. 對待[O]
   He used her worse than ever.

   他待她比過去更糟了。

vi.

1. （現僅用於used to do結構）過去慣常，以前習慣於
   We used to grow peanuts.

   我們過去是種花生的。

n.

1. 用，使用；利用[S][U][（+of）]
   He makes good use of his time.

   他能充分利用時間。

2. 使用權；使用能力[U][（+of）]
   He gave me the use of his bike.

   他讓我使用他的自行車。

3. 用途，功能[C][U]
4. 效用；益處；價值[U]
   What's the use of worrying?

   擔心有什麼用呢？

   These dictionaries are of great use.

   這些詞典十分有用。

5. 用法[S][U]
6. 【律】受益；受益權

v.

1. take, hold, or deploy as a means of achieving something.
   ▸informal take (an illegal drug).
2. take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply.
   ▸ (use something up) consume or expend the whole of something.
   ▸ (be used up) informal (of a person) be worn out.
3. treat in a particular way:
   use your troops well.
   ▸exploit unfairly.
4. /juːst/ (used to) did repeatedly or existed in the past.
5. /juːst/ (be/get used to) be or become familiar with through experience.
6. (one could use) informal one would like or benefit from.

n.

1. the action of using or state of being used.
   ▸the ability or power to exercise or manipulate something:

   he lost the use of his legs.
   ▸a purpose for or way in which something can be used.
2. value; advantage.
   ▸Law,  historical the benefit or profit of lands, especially lands in the possession of another who holds them solely for the beneficiary.
3. the characteristic ritual and liturgy of a Christian Church or diocese.