Dictionary entry
food waste
noun
废弃的食物；厨余垃圾；食物残渣
discarded food; food that is thrown away
食物残渣；食物废物
In use
We should separate food waste from other rubbish at home to help the environment.
The restaurant manager decided to weigh the food waste every evening to reduce costs.
Composting food waste in your garden can turn old scraps into useful soil.
reduce food waste
We need to find ways to reduce food waste in our kitchen.
我们需要想办法减少厨房里的食物浪费。
food waste is collected/processed
常用于描述垃圾处理系统。
Food waste is collected separately in this neighborhood.
这个社区的食物垃圾是单独收集的。
produce/generate food waste
The restaurant produces a significant amount of food waste daily.
这家餐厅每天产生大量的食物垃圾。
turn food waste into compost
Many households turn food waste into compost for their gardens.
许多家庭将食物残渣转化为堆肥用于花园。
Common mistakes
We need to reduce food wastes in the cafeteria.We need to reduce food waste in the cafeteria.
food waste 是不可数名词，不能加复数词尾 -s。应用不可数名词修饰语或直接使用单数形式。
I saved the food waste to eat for dinner.I saved the leftovers to eat for dinner.
food waste 指被丢弃的食物残渣，而 leftovers 指有意保留供日后食用的剩菜。中文学习者常将两者混淆。
Connections
Confusing words
- food scraps
- 食物残渣 · 食物残渣侧重可再利用的剩菜剩饭部分，而食物废物更泛泛指所有丢弃的厨房垃圾。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.