英语单词

trash是什么意思

trash

英 [træʃ] 美 [træʃ]
  • n. 垃圾;废物
  • vt. 丢弃;修剪树枝

中文词源


trash 垃圾,废物

词源不详。

英文词源


trash (n.)
late 14c., "thing of little use or value, waste, refuse, dross," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse tros "rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs," Norwegian dialectal trask "lumber, trash, baggage," Swedish trasa "rags, tatters"), of unknown origin. Applied to ill-bred persons or groups from 1604 ("Othello"), and especially of poor whites in the U.S. South by 1831. Applied to domestic refuse or garbage from 1906 (American English). Trash-can attested from 1914. To trash-talk someone or something is by 1989.
trash (v.)
"to discard as worthless," 1859, from trash (n.); in the sense of "destroy, vandalize" it is attested from 1970; extended to "criticize severely" in 1975. Related: Trashed; trashing.

双语例句


1. Would they trash the place when the party was over?
聚会结束时他们会把这地方搞得一团糟吗?

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2. Pop music doesn't have to be trash, it can be art.
流行音乐不必非得是垃圾,也可以是艺术。

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3. Mowing lawns and taking out the trash are jobs for the tenant.
刈剪草坪、倒掉垃圾是房客该做的事。

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4. The Smith boy was compacting the trash.
史密斯家的男孩在把垃圾压紧。

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5. Don't read that awful trash.
不要读那本拙劣的垃圾之作。

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