trash

• n. 垃圾；廢物
• vt. 丟棄；修剪樹枝

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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.

1. Would they trash the place when the party was over?

聚會結束時他們會把這地方搞得一團糟嗎？

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2. Pop music doesn't have to be trash, it can be art.

流行音樂不必非得是垃圾，也可以是藝術。

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3. Mowing lawns and taking out the trash are jobs for the tenant.

刈剪草坪、倒掉垃圾是房客該做的事。

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4. The Smith boy was compacting the trash.

史密斯家的男孩在把垃圾壓緊。

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5. Don't read that awful trash.

不要讀那本拙劣的垃圾之作。

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