- (North American English)
things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them 废物；垃圾 Extra ExamplesDon'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 / refuserubbish / garbage / trash / refusesee also garbageTopics The environmenta2- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + trash- dump
- empty
- throw away
- …
- bin
- can
- bag
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- (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。
Extra ExamplesYou 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 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gutter
- street
- trailer
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Word Originlate 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.