释义 |
scrapheapscrap‧heap /ˈskræphiːp/ noun - He liked the way female models were thrown on the scrapheap by their late twenties.
- The rejection meant our daughter was already on life's scrapheap.
- What does it mean if you have been there for 20 years and feel you are thrown on the scrapheap?
► consign somebody/something to the dustbin/scrapheap/rubbish heap etc British English Many older people feel they have been consigned to the medical scrapheap. ► on the scrapheap- He liked the way female models were thrown on the scrapheap by their late twenties.
- What does it mean if you have been there for 20 years and feel you are thrown on the scrapheap?
1on the scrapheap informal not wanted or used anymore – used especially when this seems unfair: Three years later he was on the political scrapheap.2[countable] a pile of unwanted things, especially pieces of metal |