| 单词 | refuse |
| 释义 | refuse I. re·fuse transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. < refuse an office > < refuse a gift > < refuse advice > specifically 3. a. < refused to answer the question > < motor refused to start > b. < refused to give his permission > < has never refused his help before > < was refused entrance at the club door > 4. obsolete < still refuse this world, to do their Father's will — John Bunyan > < deny thy father and refuse thy name — Shakespeare > 5. of a horse 6. 7. intransitive verb 1. < that the King had offered him the Garter, but that he had asked permission to refuse — Valentine Heywood > 2. of a horse 3. Synonyms: see decline • - refuse stays II. refuse dialect chiefly England III. ref·use 1. < refuse from silver mining > < sugar cane refuse > < propertyless gentlemen … have to be content nowadays with the refuse of middle class employment — G.B.Shaw > 2. Synonyms: < there was a huge stinking heap of week-old refuse … old clothes, sad boots with calloused heels, and hats that were just misshapen basins of felt; old books and magazines, stained with tea leaves and the sodden heterogeneous mass of household garbage — Ruth Park > waste is also comprehensive; it may indicate that unused or rejected in one operation but possible for use in another capacity or under different circumstances < mechanics using cotton waste to clean their hands > < waste in lumbering, the parts of trees that could be used but are not > < barnyard wastes > < tea waste — slack bushes, waste leaf, and crushed sugarcane leaf and pulp — Eve Langley > rubbish now is likely to indicate a heterogeneous accumulation of worn-out, used-up, broken, rejected, or worthless materials or things < rubbish. This material includes the household and business wastes that are not classified as garbage or ashes. It includes paper, rags, excelsior and other packing, wood, glass, crockery, and metals — V.M.Ehlers & E.W.Steel > trash in general use has about the same suggestion as rubbish; it may refer to a somewhat lighter welter of discarded material and may be less likely to suggest separate objects and more likely to suggest a crumpled mass < cleaning the old newspapers, rags, tin cans and other trash out of the cellar > debris is likely to indicate broken fragments of bricks, rocks, walls, or buildings < cleaning up the debris after the fire > < the debris left after mining operations > garbage now usually indicates animal or vegetable refuse from the processes of shipping, preparing, and serving food < egg shells, orange peels, coffee grounds and the rest of the garbage after breakfast > offal may refer to anything cut off or allowed to fall off in processing (as animal entrails or feet or fish heads or chicken heads); it may suggest the offensive but does not always do so, since such meat offal as hearts and livers may be sought for eating < “Offal!” she gasped. “Take that carrion out” — Kenneth Roberts > IV. refuse < refuse land > < refuse wood > |
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