dustman

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dust·man /ˈdʌstmən/ noun (plural dustmen /-mən/) [countable]  DHCBO British English someone whose job is to remove waste from dustbins 垃圾清洁工 SYN American English garbage collector

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dustman• He was found unconscious on the pavement by a dustman, who called for an ambulance.• Mum was a char, dad a dustman.• You can be the Prime Minister or a dustman and it's still the most important thing in the world.• Recently he was talking about becoming a club pro, or a dustman.• A dustman who found the body early this morning called an ambulance.• It is that time of year when dawn and dustmen arrive together.• You get all sorts in here, from dustmen to middle-management.• It was followed by a rash of local selective strikes by health-service workers, dustmen, even the grave-diggers of Liverpool.

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dustman
dust‧man /ˈdʌstmən/ noun (plural dustmen /-mən/) [countable]
British English someone whose job is to remove waste from dustbins
   SYN  garbage collector American English

dust·manBrE /ˈdʌstmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʌstmən/ 🔊 noun (

plural

dust·men BrE /ˈdʌstmən/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʌstmən/ 🔊 ) (also informal bin·man, formal ˈrefuse collector) (all BrE) (NAmE ˈgarbage man) a person whose job is to remove waste from outside houses, etc. 垃圾清运工

• Rubbish is the usual word in BrE for the things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them. Garbage and trash are both used in NAmE. Inside the home, garbage tends to mean waste food and other wet material, while trash is paper, cardboard and dry material. 在英式英语中，rubbish 为常用词，指垃圾、废物。garbage 和 trash 均用于美式英语。生活垃圾中，garbage 多指废弃的食物和其他湿物质，而 trash 则指废弃的纸、硬纸板和干物质。
• In BrE, you put your rubbish in a dustbin in the street to be collected by the dustmen. In NAmE, your garbage and trash goes in a garbage/trash can in the street and is collected by garbage men/collectors. 在英式英语中，垃圾为 rubbish，街上的垃圾桶为 dustbin，清除垃圾的工人叫 dustman。在美式英语中，垃圾为 garbage 和 trash，街上的垃圾桶为 garbage/trash can，清除垃圾的工人叫 garbage man/collector。
• Refuse is a formal word and is used in both BrE and NAmE. Refuse collector is the formal word for a dustman or garbage collector. * refuse 为正式用语，用于英式英语和美式英语均可。refuse collector 为 dustman 或 garbage collector 的正式说法。