| 词汇 | dumpster-fire |
| 释义 | dumpster fire noun[ C ] US(alsoDumpster fire)uk /ˈdʌmp.stər ˌfaɪər/ us /ˈdʌmp.stɚ ˌfaɪr/ a fire in a Dumpster(= a large metal container for waste): 垃圾箱之火 Dumpster fires have become so commonplace that city firefighters stopped responding to them.垃圾箱着火已经司空见惯，城市消防员不再对此作出反应。 Usually, these types of arsonists set small brush fires or dumpster fires. Trash in garbage cans or scattered in the street was set ablaze shortly after sundown, with firefighters responding to more than a half-dozen Dumpster fires. The project was a dumpster fire from start to finish. Considering his involvement, it's surprising the movie isn't an unwatchable dumpster fire. Fire & flame beacon blaze bonfire brand brush fire bushfire campfire conflagration fire fireball firebrand firepit firestorm inferno open firephrase open fireplace pilot spark wildfire something that causes a lot of harm or that is dealt with or done very badly: “垃圾箱之火”（比喻彻底失控的糟糕局势） The bill was a dumpster fire from start to finish and had no chance of passing. Synonyms car crash train wreck Accidents and disasters a disaster waiting to happenidiom accident accidental accidentally accidentally on purposeidiom an accident waiting to happenidiom calamity cataclysm cataclysmic cataclysmically catastrophe disastrous disastrously doomsday scenario emergency non-emergency perfect storm post-accident snafu tragedy Examples of dumpster firedumpster fire Once on the scene, officers saw the dumpsterfire had spread to the dock area of an adjacent building as well as a semi-trailer. From Chicago Tribune For many, 2016 was a billowing dumpsterfire doused repeatedly with gasoline. From Los Angeles Times Of course, "dumpsterfire" held meaning before it became. From WIRED No matter where your allegiances lie, 2016 has been the emotional equivalent of a dumpsterfire. From NPR They aren't just your garden-fire dumpsterfire. From New York Daily News Without publishers kindling controversy dumpster fires, the games had an opportunity to speak for themselves, just as it should be. From The Verge These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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