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词汇 binman
释义 binman
noun[ C ]
UKinformaluk /ˈbɪn.mæn/ us /ˈbɪn.mæn/plural-menuk /ˈbɪn.men/ us /ˈbɪn.men/
a person whose job is to empty people's dustbins and take the rubbish away: (清运垃圾的)清洁工
The council has just had 238 applicants for one binman's job.
Synonyms
dustman
garbage collector
garbage manUSinformal
refuse collectorUKformal
sanitation workerUS
He had been a binman for Onyx, which collects refuse for Selby District Council.
The first person we chat to is Gerry, the local binman.
The old cliche that a healthy society is one in which a binman's daughter could grow up to be the prime minister ignores the fact that only the truly weird would nurse this aspiration.
To be honest, I think I was happiest working as a binman for the council.
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Examples of binman


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Might it have something to do with the latest pay increase for teachers, clerks, binmen or whoever?
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During his teenage years he worked as a binman, waiter and hod carrier.
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He then worked as a binman, waiter and hod carrier and therefore entered the game relatively late.
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He was a binman for ten years before deciding, at the age of 40, to become an actor.
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He started as a paperboy, then a dustman (or binman) and later an assistant manager at a supermarket.
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