| 单词 | dumping-ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdumping-ground dumping-ground n. a place where refuse, etc., is deposited; also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > place for disposing of refuse Tophet1382 shooting-ground1835 shoot1851 dumping-ground1857 dump1872 toom1882 dust-shoot1883 coup1886 nuisance ground1889 tip1890 1857 N.Y. Tribune 18 May There is much difficulty in getting dumping grounds for the dirt from the streets. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Jan. 3/1 A ‘dumping ground’ for all the human garbage collected in the moral cesspools of the [French] Republic. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 17 May 3/1 A corrupt young married woman..whom the mother finds a convenient dumping-ground for this too mature daughter. 1936 J. C. Beaglehole New Zealand i. 15 England needed a new dumping-ground for convicts. 1969 J. Mander Static Society viii. 269 The sub-continent is being used as a dumping-ground for obsolescent weaponry. < as lemmas |
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