garbage

英 [ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ]

美 [ˈɡɑːrbɪdʒ]

n. (生活)垃圾; 废物; 垃圾场; 垃圾箱; 垃圾桶; 废话; 无聊的东西

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同义词辨析

garbage debris junk litter rubbish waste【导航词义：废弃物，垃圾】

garbagen. 〈尤美〉垃圾，废弃物

〔辨析〕

多指生活中的有机废料，如废纸、包装盒、剩饭剩菜或变质的食物等。

〔例证〕

Tom went to dump the garbage.
汤姆去倒垃圾。
Garbage pollutes our rivers and lakes.
垃圾污染我们的河川湖泊。

debrisn. 〈正式〉垃圾；残渣；废弃物

〔辨析〕

指某处堆积的垃圾或某种材料无用的碎渣、碎片等。

〔例证〕

The ditches had filled up with mud and debris.
沟渠中塞满了淤泥和垃圾。
Was the debris removed in your presence?
你在现场时，碎渣等垃圾是否清除掉了？

junkn. 破烂，废旧杂物

〔辨析〕

指没有用处、毫无价值的废旧物品。

〔例证〕

There is a heap of junk in the corner.
墙角有一堆废旧杂物。
He threw away all the junk in the boot of his car.
他把汽车行李箱中所有废旧杂物都扔掉了。

littern. 垃圾，废弃物

〔辨析〕

尤指在公共场所散落于地、有碍观瞻的废弃物。

〔例证〕

Don't drop litter anywhere.
请不要乱扔垃圾。
There were piles of litter in the streets.
街道上垃圾成堆。

rubbishn. 〈尤英〉垃圾，废弃物

〔辨析〕

普通用词，指扔掉的食物、废纸等；也可指任何不再使用而应该扔掉的东西，但作此义解时多用于非正式文体。

〔例证〕

They burnt up all the garden rubbish.
他们将花园中的垃圾全部烧掉了。
The dustman comes once a week to collect the rubbish.
垃圾工每周来收一次垃圾。
Oh God, he's got so much rubbish on his desk!
天哪，他桌上有那么多垃圾！

wasten. 废弃物，废料

〔辨析〕

普通用词，多指已无使用价值的材料或陈旧的、破损的物品，也可指任何被丢弃之物。

〔例证〕

household/industrial waste
家庭垃圾/工业废料
Put all the waste in this bag.
把所有垃圾放进这只袋子里。
They disposed of the city's waste in the sea.
他们把城里的垃圾倒入海中。

习惯用语

garbage in, garbage out

（用于计算机）废料输入废料输出，无用输入无用输出
used to express the idea that if wrong or poor quality data is put into a computer, wrong or poor quality data will come out of it

牛津词典

noun

（生活）垃圾；废物
waste food, paper, etc. that you throw away
1. garbage collection
  垃圾收集
2. Don't forget to take out the garbage.
  别忘了把垃圾拿出去。
垃圾场；垃圾箱；垃圾桶
a place or container where waste food, paper, etc. can be placed
1. Throw it in the garbage.
  把它扔到垃圾箱里去。
废话；无聊的东西
something stupid or not true

柯林斯词典

N-UNCOUNT 垃圾；（尤指）厨房垃圾
Garbageis rubbish, especially waste from a kitchen.
1. ...a garbage bag.
  垃圾袋
2. ...rotting piles of garbage.
  成堆腐烂的垃圾
N-UNCOUNT 废话；无聊话
If someone says that an idea or opinion isgarbage, they are emphasizing that they believe it is untrue or unimportant.
1. I personally think this is complete garbage...
  我个人认为这纯粹是废话。
2. Furious government officials branded her story 'garbage'.
  大发雷霆的政府官员称她的报道为“胡说八道”。

In American English, the wordsgarbageandtrashare most commonly used to refer to waste material that is thrown away....the smell of rotting garbage... She threw the bottle into the trash.In British English,rubbishis the usual word.Garbageandtrashare sometimes used in British English, but only informally and metaphorically.I don't have to listen to this garbage... The book was trash.
在美国英语中，garbage和trash最常用来指丢弃的废物：the smell of rotting garbage (腐烂垃圾的臭味), She threw the bottle into the trash (她将瓶子扔进了垃圾堆)。在英国英语中，rubbish 比较常用，有时也使用 garbage 和 trash，但仅限于非正式语体和比喻用法：I don't have to listen to this garbage (我不需要听这些废话), The book was trash (这本书简直是垃圾)。

英英释义

noun

a receptacle where waste can be discarded
1. she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage
a worthless message
Synonym:drivel
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
Synonym:refusefood wastescraps

双语例句

Put the garbage down the incinerator.
把垃圾放入垃圾焚烧炉。
No waste or garbage is to is emptied on highways.
废物和垃圾不许倒在公路上。
You are a garbage!
你真是个废物！
He must have thrown the garbage in the street again.
他肯定又把垃圾扔在街上了。
Jeez, what garbage!
天哪，这是什么破烂儿！
They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment.
他们到处跑来跑去，身上充满了垃圾、充满了沮丧、充满了愤怒、和充满了失望。
If a gasket's loose, it's garbage.
如果垫圈松了，那就是垃圾了。
Furious government officials branded her story 'garbage'.
大发雷霆的政府官员称她的报道为“胡说八道”。
The uncollected garbage mounts in city streets
未收的垃圾在市区街道上越积越多。
This can improve application performance by avoiding the garbage collector unnecessarily shrinking the heap.
这可以避免垃圾收集器对堆进行不必要的收缩，从而改善应用程序性能。