Word · Frequency #19950
wastebasket
废纸篓
核心释义
a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish
- 1.
通常放在室内的小型废品容器；垃圾桶。
A usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin.
- 2.
任何无价值或无意义的区域或群体。
Any region or grouping that is worthless or meaningless.
通常放在室内的小型废品容器；垃圾桶。；任何无价值或无意义的区域或群体。；废纸篓；[计] 废纸篓
用法In use
She crumpled the note and dropped it into the wastebasket.
用法提示：wastebasket 为名词，意为“废纸篓”，在句中作介词 into 的宾语。
There were two wastebaskets beside the desks in the office.
用法提示：wastebaskets 是 wastebasket 的复数形式，在 there be 句型中作主语。
He accidentally knocked over the wastebasket, and papers fell out.
用法提示：wastebasket 为名词，在句中作动词短语 knocked over 的宾语。
throw sth into the wastebasket
也可说throw sth in the wastebasket，口语中常省略to。
She tore up the letter and threw the pieces into the wastebasket.
她把信撕碎，把碎片扔进了废纸篓。
empty the wastebasket
empty作动词，意为“倒空、清空”。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- empty the wastebasket
- 清理废纸篓
- Please empty the wastebasket before it overflows.请在废纸篓满出来之前把它清理干净。
- throw something in the wastebasket
- 把某物扔进废纸篓
- She crumpled the note and threw it in the wastebasket.她把纸条揉成一团，扔进了废纸篓。
- wastebasket basketball
- 废纸篓投篮游戏
- The staff played wastebasket basketball with crumpled paper.员工们用揉皱的纸玩废纸篓投篮游戏。
- fish something out of the wastebasket
- 从废纸篓里翻出某物
- He fished the receipt out of the wastebasket.他从废纸篓里翻出了收据。
- wastebasket liner
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：waste是废，basket是篮，废纸篓就是装废物的篮子。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：office、home、classroom wastebasket 是日常通用词，多用于办公室、家中或教室等放废纸的开口容器；口语和书面语中都常见，语气中性。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The ending -basket in wastebasket rhymes with basket, casket, and gasket (all pronounced /æskɪt/). The first part waste rhymes with taste and paste (all /eɪst/). Beware: the letters -aste are pronounced /eɪst/, while -asket is pronounced /æskɪt/; do not guess from the spelling alone.
一起学习词形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.