| 单词 | rubbish |
| 释义 | rubbish (once / 818 pages) 1n 2v Rubbish is a synonym for garbage or trash. The word is more commonly used by speakers of British English than by speakers of American English. The noun rubbish also means writing or speech that is worthless, untrue, or nonsense, especially in British English. Your teacher might tell you that your paper thesis is a load of rubbish if it states that Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt were aliens sent from another planet to "fix" World War II. In British slang, rubbish is also a verb that means to criticize strongly. Don't be surprised when the professor rubbishes your paper — he's a well-known Churchill scholar. WORD FAMILYrubbish: rubbishes, rubbishing, rubbishy USAGE EXAMPLESIn other words: we’re surrounded by rubbish, and because our population is on the rise, the problem is set to get worse. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) She said her son was bullied over the course of a year, culminating in an incident where classmates threw faeces and rubbish at him. BBC(Dec 21, 2016) Grocery store shelves were bare and rubbish piled up in the streets. BBC(Dec 18, 2016) 1 1n worthless material that is to be disposed of Syn|Hypo|Hyper scrap, trash scrap metal discarded metal suitable for reprocessing debris, detritus, dust, junk, rubblethe remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up litterrubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) slackdust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve scrap ironiron to be melted again and reworked waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted 2n nonsensical talk or writing 2Syn|Hyper applesauce, codswallop, folderol, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash drivel, garbage a worthless message v attack strongly Hyper assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe attack in speech or writing |
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