rubbish

/ˈrʌbɪʃ/ n.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

垃圾；废物（英式英语）；废话；胡说；糟糕的东西（英式口语）

释义与例句

n. 垃圾；废物（英式英语）
things that are no longer useful or wanted and are to be thrown away
  1. The council collects household rubbish twice a week.
    地方市政部门每周收两次生活垃圾。
  2. Someone had left bags of rubbish beside the recycling bins.
    有人把几袋垃圾丢在了回收箱旁边。
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  1. We sorted the rubbish into glass, paper and general waste.
    我们把垃圾分成玻璃、纸张和一般废物。
n. 废话；胡说；糟糕的东西（英式口语）
something that is silly, untrue, or of very poor quality
  1. You're talking rubbish; I never agreed to lend you my car.
    你简直在胡说；我从来没答应把车借给你。
  2. Most of the articles on that website are complete rubbish.
    那个网站上的大部分文章都纯属垃圾内容。
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  1. I thought the film was rubbish, despite all the good reviews.
    尽管好评很多，我还是觉得那部电影很糟糕。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 rubbish 是英式英语常用的不可数名词：a rubbish bin 是垃圾桶，talk rubbish 是胡说八道；表示垃圾时不加 a。

词族与关联词

易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • litter 乱扔的垃圾；废弃物
    rubbish 泛指要扔掉的废物，常包括家庭垃圾，也可在口语中指胡说或劣质东西；litter 特指被随意丢弃在街道、公园、海滩等公共场所的垃圾。表示“乱扔垃圾”用 drop litter。
    Volunteers picked up litter left along the beach. 志愿者们捡起了沙滩上留下的垃圾。
常见搭配
  • a rubbish bin 垃圾桶（英式英语）
    The rubbish bin in the kitchen needs emptying. 厨房里的垃圾桶该倒了。
  • take out the rubbish 倒垃圾；把垃圾拿出去
    I took out the rubbish before the collection lorry arrived. 垃圾收运车到来之前，我把垃圾拿出去了。
  • household rubbish 生活垃圾；家庭垃圾
    This site accepts garden waste but not ordinary household rubbish. 这个回收点接收园林废弃物，但不接收普通生活垃圾。