单词 | trash |
释义 | trash (once / 1239 pages) 1nv 2n Trash is rubbish or garbage — it's the stuff that gets thrown away. Your town might organize a clean-up day each year when people pick up trash in parks and neighborhoods. Trash is dirty, worthless, leftover debris. Fittingly, the word is also a terribly derogatory term for useless, low-status people: "I should've known you were nothing but trash." And to trash talk is to brutally criticize or gossip about someone. You can even use trash as a verb, to mean "throw away," as in, "I'm going to trash this trash in that trash can over there." WORD FAMILYtrash: trashed, trashes, trashing, trashy+/trashy: trashier, trashiest, trashily, trashiness USAGE EXAMPLESShuafat camp is often depicted in the international media as the most dangerous place in Jerusalem, a crucible of crime, jihad and trash fires. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) He has also been flipped over many times by large waves and encountered sprawling islands of floating trash. Reuters(Dec 01, 2016) FBI agents now theorize that the hard drive might have been thrown into a trash bin and be buried in a landfill. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n worthless material that is to be disposed of Syn|Hypo|Hyper rubbish, scrap 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 worthless people Syn|Hyper scum rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff disparaging terms for the common people 3n nonsensical talk or writing Syn|Hyper applesauce, codswallop, folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash drivel, garbage a worthless message 4v dispose of (something useless or old) trash these old chairs Syn|Hyper junk, scrap cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out throw or cast away 5v express a totally negative opinion of 2Syn|Hyper pan, tear apart belittle, disparage, pick at express a negative opinion of n an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant Hyper controlled substance a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law |
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