Word · Frequency #13230
landfill
垃圾填埋场
A site where waste is buried under layers of earth.
- 1.
A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.
垃圾填埋场
- 2.
a low area that has been filled in
填平的低洼地
- 3.
Such material that is disposed.
填埋的垃圾
填埋的垃圾；填平的低洼地；垃圾堆；垃圾填埋地
In use
The old quarry was turned into a landfill for household waste.
Many cities are running out of space for landfills.
The landfill emits gases that can be used to generate electricity.
a landfill
landfill 作可数名词时指填埋场，复数形式为 landfills。
The company plans to build a new landfill near the river.
该公司计划在河边新建一个垃圾填埋场。
send sth to landfill
此处 landfill 为不可数名词，表示填埋这种处置方式。
Most of the plastic waste is sent to landfill.
大部分塑料垃圾被送往填埋场。
at the landfill
表示在某个具体填埋场时，常与定冠词 the 连用。
Connections
Collocations
- landfill site
- 垃圾填埋场
- The old quarry was converted into a landfill site.那个旧采石场被改造成了垃圾填埋场。
- sanitary landfill
- 卫生填埋场
- Modern sanitary landfills are designed to protect groundwater.现代卫生填埋场的设计旨在保护地下水。
- landfill gas
- 填埋气体
- Landfill gas can be burned to generate electricity.填埋气体可以燃烧发电。
- send to landfill
- 送去填埋
- We should recycle more and send less to landfill.我们应该多回收利用，少送去填埋。
- landfill tax
- 垃圾填埋税
- The higher landfill tax encourages companies to recycle.更高的垃圾填埋税鼓励企业回收利用。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象：把垃圾“填”(fill)进“土地”(land)里，填埋后的低洼地就是landfill。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：environmental reporting、waste management、city planning、news articles 该词多用于环保、市政及新闻等书面或正式语境，属于中性偏正式；日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the final sound with the -fill part of landfill and rhyme with one another: fill and refill end in /fɪl/, while bill, hill, will, and pill end in /ɪl/. None of them rhymes with the whole landfill, whose main stress is on the first syllable (land-). Beware the spelling lookalike file /faɪl/—it looks like fill but has a different vowel.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.