dustbin
noun /ˈdʌstbɪn/
/ˈdʌstbɪn/
(British English) (North American English garbage can, trash can)
- a large container with a lid (= cover), used for putting rubbish in, usually kept outside the house
（常置于房外的）垃圾桶，垃圾箱 British/American rubbish / garbage / trash / refuserubbish / 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.
- How regularly are the dustbins emptied?
垃圾箱多长时间清空一次？ - We put out the dustbins on a Wednesday morning before the van comes.
星期三早上我们会在垃圾运送车到来之前把垃圾桶放到外面。 - She chucked the mouldy potatoes in the dustbin.
她把发霉的土豆扔进垃圾箱。 - These old shoes can go in the dustbin now.
这些旧鞋子现在可以进垃圾箱了。 - (figurative) The politicians who lost the elections will be consigned to the dustbin of history.
落选的政客将被抛进历史的垃圾堆。 - (figurative) The pollution in this country makes it the dustbin of Europe.
污染使这个国家成为欧洲的垃圾箱。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + dustbin- chuck something in
- dump something in
- throw something in
- …
- bag
- liner
- lid
- …
- dustbin of