| 词组 | garbage |
| 释义 | garbage /ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ $ ˈɡɑːr-/ noun AmE waste material, such as paper, empty containers, and food thrown awayverbstake/put the garbage out Can you take the garbage out for me? | I forgot to put the garbage out on Monday night.dump garbage (=leave it in a place, especially where it should not be) At the time, the city dumped surplus garbage into the bay.collect the garbage They come to collect the garbage once every week.adjectives/nouns + garbagehousehold garbage (=produced by people at home) Here are some ideas for reducing your household garbage.kitchen garbage How can I keep the kitchen garbage from smelling bad?recyclable garbage (=that can be treated and used again) The blue box is for recyclable garbage.rotting garbage (=decaying) The smell of rotting garbage was overpowering.garbage + nounsa garbage can (=a container with a lid for holding waste until it can be taken away) Go and put it in the garbage can.a garbage truck The garbage truck had already taken the bags away.a garbage collector also a garbage man informal She didn’t want the garbage collectors seeing what she’d thrown out.garbage collection People want more frequent garbage collection.a garbage bag/sack (=a large plastic bag for putting garbage in) Vegetable waste should be put in the green garbage bag.a garbage dump (=a place where garbage is taken and left) I’m going to take these old toys to the garbage dump.a garbage picker (=someone who searches through garbage to see if they can find anything they want) These garbage pickers survive by collecting empty plastic bottles.a garbage disposal (=a small machine in a kitchen sink which breaks vegetable waste into small pieces and gets rid of it) You can put the potato peelings in the garbage disposal.prepositionsin the garbage Don’t throw glass in the garbage – recycle it.In British English, people usually say rubbish. |
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