trash

noun

/træʃ/

[uncountable]

(North American English) things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them废物；垃圾
- Don't forget to take out the trash.别忘了把垃圾带走。
- The subway entrance was blocked with trash.地铁入口处堆满了废物。
- What are these letters doing in the trash?这些信为什么会丢在垃圾里？
- (figurative) His theories were relegated to the trash heap of history.他的理论被扔进了历史的垃圾堆。
British/American rubbish / garbage / trash / refuse
rubbish / garbage / trash / refuse
- Rubbish is the usual word in British English for the things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them. Garbage and trash are both used in North American English. Inside the home, garbage tends to mean waste food and other wet material, while trash is paper, card and dry material.
- In British English, you put your rubbish in a dustbin in the street to be collected by the dustmen. In North American English, your garbage and trash goes in a garbage can/trashcan in the street and is collected by garbage men/collectors.
- Refuse is a formal word and is used in both British English and North American English. Refuse collector is the formal word for a dustman or garbage collector.
see also garbageTopics The environmenta2
Collocations Dictionary
verb + trash
- dump
- empty
- throw away
- …
trash + noun
- bin
- can
- bag
- …
(informal, disapproving) objects, writing, ideas, etc. that you think are of poor quality劣质品；拙劣的作品；糟粕；谬论
- What's this trash you're watching?你看的这个乌七八糟的节目是什么？
- (especially British English) He's talking trash (= nonsense).他在胡说八道。
- You can buy lots of tacky trash in the souvenir shops, if that's what you want.你在纪念品商店能买到很多俗气的劣质玩意儿，如果你想买的就是这些东西的话。
- People can certainly be affected by the trash newspapers they read.人们肯定会受到他们阅读的垃圾报纸的影响。
- They listen to pop music and watch trash TV all day.他们整天听流行音乐，看乌七八糟的电视节目。
(North American English, informal) an offensive word used to describe people that you do not respect窝囊废；废物；没出息的人 see also trailer trash, white trash
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- gutter
- street
- trailer
- …

词源late Middle English: of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded (mid 18th cent.) as meaning ‘to strip (sugar canes) of their outer leaves to ripen faster’; the current senses have arisen in the 20th cent.

trash

verb

/træʃ/

(informal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they trash	/træʃ/ /træʃ/
he / she / it trashes	/ˈtræʃɪz/ /ˈtræʃɪz/
past simple trashed	/træʃt/ /træʃt/
past participle trashed	/træʃt/ /træʃt/
-ing form trashing	/ˈtræʃɪŋ/ /ˈtræʃɪŋ/

trash something to damage or destroy something损坏；毁坏
- The band was famous for trashing hotel rooms.这帮人以破坏旅馆房间出名。
trash something/somebody to criticize something/somebody very strongly抨击；谴责
- Several journalists attempted to trash his reputation.几名记者试图诋毁他的名誉。
trash something (North American English) to throw away something that you do not want丢弃；把…抛弃
- I'm leaving my old toys here—if you don't want them, just trash them.我把我的旧玩具留在这里，你不要就扔掉好了。