英语词汇“to cast on or consign to the scrap-heap”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A heap of scrap iron n.; an accumulation of disused and broken-up ironwork for refounding. Hence figurative in phrases, as to cast on or consign to the scrap-heap, to cast aside as worn out or superseded.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > scrap iron > heap of

scrap-heap1838

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials produced from metalworking > [noun] > remnants of metal > heap of

scrap-heap1838

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] > discard from use > as worn-out or useless

waste-basket1889

scrap1902

to cast on or consign to the scrap-heap1903

scrap-heap1907

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 121/1 (note) All its contemporary rivals [sc. locomotive engines] that have escaped the fate of the ‘scrap heap’ have been re-made.

1891 Labour Commission Gloss. (at cited word) In Government yards, where they do not sell old boilers, &c. these are broken up and the pieces are placed in heaps (scrap heaps) and sold as old iron. Men employed at this are said to be on scrap iron work.

1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman xxxi This is the true joy of life..; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap.

1937 V. Bartlett This is my Life xv. 258 I don't know who bought that car in the end or how soon it reached the scrap heap.

1956 Railway Mag. Nov. 749/2 No. 6 was rescued from an inglorious demise on the scrap heap.

1967 G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway iv. 40 Engines long past their time for the scrap-heap were being kept going.

1972 Times 16 May 2/2 He felt he had been thrown onto the scrap heap after 20 years' service.

1977 Times 7 Oct. 15/6 A socialist determination to drive fewer people onto the scrap heap.

1980 A. Clarke Last Voy. ix. 100 They didn't send me to the scrap-heap straight away. Gave me a little job.

单词	to cast on or consign to the scrap-heap
释义	> as lemmas to cast on or consign to the scrap-heap A heap of scrap iron n.; an accumulation of disused and broken-up ironwork for refounding. Hence figurative in phrases, as to cast on or consign to the scrap-heap, to cast aside as worn out or superseded. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > scrap iron > heap of scrap-heap1838 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials produced from metalworking > [noun] > remnants of metal > heap of scrap-heap1838 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] > discard from use > as worn-out or useless waste-basket1889 scrap1902 to cast on or consign to the scrap-heap1903 scrap-heap1907 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 121/1 (note) All its contemporary rivals [sc. locomotive engines] that have escaped the fate of the ‘scrap heap’ have been re-made. 1891 Labour Commission Gloss. (at cited word) In Government yards, where they do not sell old boilers, &c. these are broken up and the pieces are placed in heaps (scrap heaps) and sold as old iron. Men employed at this are said to be on scrap iron work. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman xxxi This is the true joy of life..; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap. 1937 V. Bartlett This is my Life xv. 258 I don't know who bought that car in the end or how soon it reached the scrap heap. 1956 Railway Mag. Nov. 749/2 No. 6 was rescued from an inglorious demise on the scrap heap. 1967 G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway iv. 40 Engines long past their time for the scrap-heap were being kept going. 1972 Times 16 May 2/2 He felt he had been thrown onto the scrap heap after 20 years' service. 1977 Times 7 Oct. 15/6 A socialist determination to drive fewer people onto the scrap heap. 1980 A. Clarke Last Voy. ix. 100 They didn't send me to the scrap-heap straight away. Gave me a little job. extracted from scrap-heapn. < as lemmas
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