| 单词 | waste-paper basket |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaste-paper basket waste-paper basket n. a basket into which waste paper is thrown; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse vat1534 voider1613 waste-paper box1836 dustbin1847 kid1847 waste-basket1850 scrap-box1858 waste-paper basket1859 garbage can1869 can1872 hell1872 scrap basket1872 sink tidy1881 tidy-betty1884 kitchen tidy1885 midden1890 wagger1903 W.P.B.1903 waste-bin1915 Sanibin1921 binette1922 G.I. can1929 trash can1929 trashbag1934 litter-bin1947 shitcan1948 pedal bin1951 trash-bin1955 litter-basket1958 midgie1965 bin1972 swing bin1972 tidy bin1972 dump bin1978 wheelie bin1984 binbag1986 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xlviii. 190 There was the waste-paper basket full of scraps. 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. ii. x. 84 The almanack..was..angrily torn to shreds, and consigned to the waste-paper basket. 1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist vi. 217 The waste-paper basket of outworn imaginations. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 120 All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed waste-paper baskets Unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing. 1979 London Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 23/2 Marriage, the Webbs agreed, was the waste-paper basket of the emotions. < as lemmas |
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