trash

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++trash1 /træʃ/ ●●● S3 noun [uncountable]  1  American EnglishRUBBISH/WASTE things that you throw away, such as empty bottles, used papers, food that has gone bad etc 废物，垃圾 SYN British English rubbish Will someone take out the trash (=take it outside the house)? 谁把垃圾拿出去好吗？ Just put it in the trash. 就把它扔到垃圾桶里吧。2  informalBAD something that is of very poor quality 质量粗劣的东西 How can you read that trash? 你怎么能读那种垃圾？3. American English informal not politeUNPLEASANT someone from a low social class who you do not respect because you think they are lazy or immoral 垃圾，瘪三 → white trash

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trash• A trash bag slung over the shoulder, Santa-style.• More trash movies adored by Hollywood?• Where would we be without all the trash?• One day Tod took from the trash a framed certificate and went and hung it on the toilet doornail.• But they also know they are lucky to be in Lansing, picking up the trash.in the trash• Avoid inhaling sawdust of pressure-treated wood, and do not burn any scraps; dispose of both in the trash.• I may have unwittingly provided them with a reason why my application should be filed in the trash can.• Putting the girls in the trash cans was the most important challenge of his life.• On impulse he picked it up, took it outside and dumped it in the trash.• We've started finding love-letters, in the trash, letters from Irene.• Yes, he finds them in the trash.trash2 verb [transitive]  1  informalDESTROY to destroy something completely, either deliberately or by using it too much 〔因故意或过分使用而〕捣毁，破坏 The place got trashed last time we had a party. 我们上次聚会的时候把这个地方弄得一塌糊涂。► see thesaurus at destroy2  especially American English to criticize someone or something very severely 严厉批评，抨击 The researchers are angry that attempts have been made to trash their work. 研究人员非常气愤，竟有人企图诋毁他们的工作。→ See Verb table

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trash• And when they weren't trashing each other, they were trashing themselves.• Someone had broken in and trashed her apartment.• That kid of yours has trashed my VCR.• Some of the people he trashed on the show are planning to sue.• There are instances of evicted occupants looting and trashing the house before they leave, even removing the doors and bathroom fittings.• George Bush's decision to trash the Kyoto global warming treaty is appalling.• And the Bomb Squaders would leave their sixth-grade seats and trash the offenders.• Dad says it's OK to have the party here, as long as we don't trash the place.• Band members have been accused of trashing their hotel rooms.• The team celebrated their victory by trashing their hotel rooms.Origin trash1 (1300-1400) From a Scandinavian language

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trash¹ S3 /træʃ/ noun [uncountable]1. American English things that you throw away, such as empty bottles, used papers, food that has gone bad etc
   SYN  rubbish British English:
    Will someone take out the trash (=take it outside the house)?
    Just put it in the trash.
2. informal something that is of very poor quality:
    How can you read that trash?
3. American English informal not polite someone from a low social class who you do not respect because you think they are lazy or immoral ⇨ white trash
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ rubbish especially British English things that people throw away, such as old food, dirty paper etc: People are being encouraged to recycle their household rubbish. | the rubbish bin
   ▪ garbage/trash American English rubbish: The garbage is collected every Tuesday. | There were piles of trash in the backyard. | a black plastic garbage bag
   ▪ refuse formal rubbish: The strike has disrupted refuse collection. | It’s a site which is used for domestic refuse.
   ▪ litter empty bottles, pieces of paper etc that people have dropped on the ground: Parents should teach children not to drop litter. | There was a lot of litter on the beach.
   ▪ waste rubbish, or materials that need to be dealt with after they have been used in industrial processes: nuclear waste | toxic waste | household waste | The company was fined for dumping toxic waste in the sea.

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trash² verb [transitive]
1. informal to destroy something completely, either deliberately or by using it too much:
    The place got trashed last time we had a party.
2. especially American English to criticize someone or something very severely:
    The researchers are angry that attempts have been made to trash their work.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ destroy to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repaired: The earthquake almost completely destroyed the city. | The twin towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack.
   ▪ devastate to damage a large area very badly and destroy many things in it: Allied bombings in 1943 devastated the city. | The country’s economy has been devastated by years of fighting.
   ▪ demolish to completely destroy a building, either deliberately or by accident: The original 15th century house was demolished in Victorian times. | The plane crashed into a suburb of Paris, demolishing several buildings.
   ▪ flatten to destroy a building or town by knocking it down, bombing it etc, so that nothing is left standing: The town centre was flattened by a 500 lb bomb.
   ▪ wreck to deliberately damage something very badly, especially a room or building: The toilets had been wrecked by vandals. | They just wrecked the place.
   ▪ trash informal to deliberately destroy a lot of the things in a room, house etc: Apparently, he trashed his hotel room while on drugs.
   ▪ obliterate formal to destroy a place so completely that nothing remains: The nuclear blast obliterated most of Hiroshima.
   ▪ reduce something to ruins/rubble/ashes to destroy a building or town completely: The town was reduced to rubble in the First World War.
   ▪ ruin to spoil something completely, so that it cannot be used or enjoyed: Fungus may ruin the crop. | The new houses will ruin the view.