| 释义 |
landfill, n., a., and v. (Formerly at land n. 12.) orig. U.S.|ˈlændfɪl|
[f. land n.1 + fill n.1]
A. n.
1. A site where refuse is disposed of by burial under layers of earth.
1903Scribner's Mag. Oct. 395/2 Before 1902 the ashes and rubbish of the city of New York were disposed of upon landfills...The landfills were those of private contractors, who bought marsh lands on speculation and filled them with city material. 1931Ann. Rep. N.Y. City Dept. Sanitation 1931 76 Ten new ‘Bulldozer’ caterpillar tractors were purchased for ‘leveling off’ at the land fills. 1968Proc. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers XCIV. SA2 April, (title) Water movement in an unsaturated sanitary landfill. 1970Wall St. Jrnl. 23 June 1/6 The garbage would be kept out of incinerators and landfills. 1985Sci. Amer. July 50a/2 In the process PCB's have..been disposed of in open landfills. 1990Green Mag. Apr. 24/3 There is..increased concern for the health of people living near landfills and incinerators.
2. The action or system of disposing of refuse by burial at such a site.
1938Engineering News-Record 1 Sept. 270/2 The origin of the present technique of land fill goes back to the time, two years ago, when William F. Casey took over the duties of Commissioner of Sanitation. 1942A. Wolman et al. Rep. to Comm. on City Plan City of Baltimore iv. 38/1 Certain American cities, notably New York, have had marked success in the use of the so-called sanitary or land fill for rubbish disposal. 1971Guardian 11 Oct. 3/6 Land= fill is considered one of the most economical ways to dispose of refuse. 1973Bulletin (Sydney) 25 Aug. 9/2 (Advt.), A carefully-engineered program called sanitary landfill. 1984J. Updike Witches of Eastwick ii. 137 She wants you put in jail..for unauthorized landfill.
3. Material disposed of at such a site; material used to level an excavated site, etc. Also fig.
1969New Yorker 17 May 131/2 We intend to put a lot of landfill in the Credibility Gap. 1970Natural Hist. Feb. 18/3 Philadelphia is now packaging its trash,..shipping the material back to the strip mines as land fill. 1984A. C. & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans ii. 62 Sand and gravel used in cement and concrete for..landfill. 1991Flight Internat. 9 Oct. 42/3 The..tiny island of Chek Lap Kok will be levelled, and the rock used as landfill to create a platform for the airport.
B. adj. (only attrib.). Of, pertaining to, or resulting from the disposal of refuse at a landfill; freq. in landfill site.
1938Engineering News-Record 1 Sept. 273/2 The low cost of the land fill method is the chief argument for its use. 1942in Sun (Baltimore) (1944) 10 Feb. 8/1 The so-called sanitary or land fill system. 1953Richmond Va. News-Leader 2 Sept. 21 A bulldozer struck water in the landfill dump area. 1967Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 20/3 By 1970, it is expected that the majority of the area's dumps and landfill sites will be filled to capacity. 1971Pollution (Greater London Council) 8 The Greater London Council..operates a code of practice for good management of landfill sites under its own control. 1978Detroit Free Press 14 Apr. b6/2 Airports are particularly vulnerable to bird strikes because so many of them are located..adjacent to landfill sites and dumps. 1988Independent 15 Aug. 3/2 Britain's worst explosion called by landfill methane. 1990Environment 59/1 There are some 5,000 landfill sites into which about 18 million tonnes of waste is disposed each year.
C. v. trans.
a. to dispose of (refuse) by burial at a landfill site.
b. to fill (something) with landfill.
1988Elkington & Hailes Green Consumer Guide (1989) 129 Japan only landfills 1 per cent of its scrap tyres. 1988New Yorker 22 Feb. 54/1 Lava..had..extended the island..landfilling completely some twenty-five fathoms of sea. 1991Public Works Oct. 67/3 By late 1986 LAWPCA had landfilled 10.6 acres with sludge and used an additional 6 acres for a borrow pit. 1992Earth Matters Autumn 10/1 Sewage sludge heavily contaminated with toxic metals is unsuitable for use as a fertilizer. Instead, it has to be landfilled, creating a pollution threat to water.
Hence ˈlandfilling vbl. n. = *landfill n. 1.
1983Current Affairs Bull. (Sydney) Dec. 25/1 Landfilling is the most widely used of all methods. 1990Times 23 Oct. 5/5 Local authorities clamp down on the landfilling of tyres. |