Word · Frequency #19950
wastebasket
废纸篓
a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish
- 1.
A usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin.
通常放在室内的小型废品容器；垃圾桶。
- 2.
Any region or grouping that is worthless or meaningless.
任何无价值或无意义的区域或群体。
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
In use
She crumpled the note and dropped it into the wastebasket.
There were two wastebaskets beside the desks in the office.
He accidentally knocked over the wastebasket, and papers fell out.
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”。
He empties the wastebasket every evening.
他每天晚上都清空废纸篓。
a wastebasket full of sth
full of后接名词，表示“装满…的”。
Connections
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
- 废纸篓衬袋
- These wastebasket liners are easy to change.这些废纸篓衬袋很容易更换。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：waste是废，basket是篮，废纸篓就是装废物的篮子。
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。
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.
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.