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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。
废纸篓
wastebaskets — plural of wastebasket
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
废纸篓
a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish
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。
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.
任何无价值或无意义的区域或群体。
Any region or grouping that is worthless or meaningless.
She crumpled the note and dropped it into the wastebasket.
她把纸条揉成一团，丢进了废纸篓。
There were two wastebaskets beside the desks in the office.
办公室的桌子旁有两个废纸篓。
He accidentally knocked over the wastebasket, and papers fell out.
他不小心撞翻了废纸篓，纸掉了出来。
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。
full of后接名词，表示“装满…的”。
The office had a wastebasket full of plastic bottles.
办公室里有一个装满塑料瓶的废纸篓。
Not this
There are three wastebasket in the office.
Use this
There are three wastebaskets in the office.
wastebasket 是可数名词，复数形式需要在词尾加 -s。汉语名词没有复数变化，学习者容易漏掉 -s。
Not this
Please throw the paper into wastebasket.
Use this
Please throw the paper into the wastebasket.
这里特指说话双方都知道的那个废纸篓，需要用定冠词 the。汉语中没有冠词，所以学习者常常会漏掉。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
废纸篓衬袋
These wastebasket liners are easy to change.
这些废纸篓衬袋很容易更换。
在废纸篓里翻找
She rummaged through the wastebasket for the missing letter.
她在废纸篓里翻找那封丢失的信。
Use wastebaskets naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：waste是废，basket是篮，废纸篓就是装废物的篮子。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.