　

单词

rubbish

释义

rubbish

adjectiveBritishvery informal

UK /ˈrʌbɪʃ/

1
useless
I’m rubbish at spelling.
They’re a rubbish band.
Synonyms and related words
Not effective or useful and not working correctly
useless
ineffective
inefficient

rubbish

adjectiveBritishvery informal

US /ˈrʌbɪʃ/

1
useless
I’m rubbish at spelling.
They’re a rubbish band.
Synonyms and related words
Not effective or useful and not working correctly
useless
pointless
ineffective

rubbish

noun uncountable

UK /ˈrʌbɪʃ/

1
things that you throw away because they are no longer useful, such as old food, paper or plastic used for wrapping things, and empty containers
The council is encouraging people to recycle their household rubbish.
The streets were littered with rubbish.
Synonyms and related words
Rubbish, litter and remains
rubbish
litter
remains
Collocates
Verbs frequently used with rubbish as the object
▪ clear, collect, dump, recycle, remove, throw out
2
things that someone says or writes that are not reasonable or sensible
Most of the information in her article was utter rubbish.
As usual, he was talking complete rubbish.
Synonyms and related words
Nonsense
nonsense
drivel
rubbish
3
something that is useless, of no value, or of very low quality
Critics have described the paintings as worthless rubbish.
Cable TV, to quote Mr James, is just ‘200 channels of rubbish’.
Synonyms and related words
Something that is silly or useless
gimmick
white elephant
rubbish
Synonyms and related words
Something that is of very bad quality
rubbish
reject
trash

rubbish

noun uncountable mainly British

US /ˈrʌbɪʃ/

1
garbage
Synonyms and related words
Rubbish, litter and remains
trash
garbage
litter
Collocates
Verbs frequently used with rubbish as the object
▪ clear, collect, dump, recycle, remove, throw out
2
things that someone says or writes that are not reasonable or sensible
Most of the information in her article was utter rubbish.
As usual, he was talking complete rubbish.
Synonyms and related words
Nonsense
nonsense
drivel
garbage
3
something that is useless, of no value, or of very low quality
Critics have described the paintings as worthless rubbish.
Synonyms and related words
Something that is silly or useless
gimmick
white elephant
rubbish
Synonyms and related words
Something that is of very bad quality
rubbish
reject
trash

rubbish

verb transitive British

UK /ˈrʌbɪʃ/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	rubbish
he/she/it	rubbishes
present participle	rubbishing
past tense	rubbished
past participle	rubbished

1
to criticize someone or something by saying that they are wrong, stupid, or useless
He rubbished suggestions that he is about to leave the club.
Synonyms and related words
To criticize, accuse or blame
criticize
blame
put down

rubbish

verb transitive British

US /ˈrʌbɪʃ/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	rubbish
he/she/it	rubbishes
present participle	rubbishing
past tense	rubbished
past participle	rubbished

1
to criticize someone or something by saying that they are wrong, stupid, or useless
Synonyms and related words
To criticize, accuse or blame
criticize
blame
put down

随便看

　

英语词典包含67175条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2025/2/5 4:16:33