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词汇 dustbin
释义 dustbin
noun[ C ]
UKuk /ˈdʌst.bɪn/ us /ˈdʌst.bɪn/(USgarbage can, trash can)
B1
a large container for rubbish from a house or other building, usually made of strong plastic or metal and kept outside(常置于室外的)垃圾箱,垃圾桶
 
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a situation in which something is no longer considered fashionable or important and is therefore not used, talked about, etc.:
dustbin of historyFull-blown socialism is now tossed in the dustbin of history.
The hippy era - after so long in the cultural dustbin - has become a subject of much fascination.
A quarter of the contents of an average family's dustbin is organic matter.一个普通家庭的垃圾桶里有1/4的东西是有机物质。
I was woken up by a couple of drunks larking around with a dustbin in the street.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Containers for waste
ashcan
bag
bin
bin bag
bin liner
bottle bank
dustbin bag
garbage bag
garbage can
honey bucket
litter bin
litter tray
skip
trash bag
trash can
trash can liner
waste bin
wastepaper basket
wheelie bin

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Examples from literature

'Finally,' he says, and throws the bare stalk into the dustbin. 
Because some one locked the gate on me, sir, while I was hiding under the shed where the dustbins are. 
In our closet the school servant found some beads on the floor but since she did not know anything she threw them into the dustbin. 
The broom and dustpan sweep up the pieces, and consign them to the dustbin. 

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To refer to secondary modern schools as dustbins is an insult.
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He should also remember that, when ignored, dustbins can fester.
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Packs of dogs are running around, foraging in dustbins, creating a mess and attacking people going about their duties.
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He said that landlords can charge for dustbins what they wish in their original agreements.
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The dustbins are in exactly the same place wherever the management is located.
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The old dustbins have gone through a period of considerable wear and tear.
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A woe-begone figure unwilling or unable to earn an ordinary livelihood is picking up unconsidered trifles from dustbins in the street.
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Our dustbins are no cleaner and our children are no better educated.
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Second, once free dustbins are provided it is likely that all the ratepayers will take advantage of them so that the burden will fall equally.
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I am aware that there is a shortage of dustbins, due to shortage of supplies of sheet steel and blackplate in the necessary gauges.
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The type of behaviour that we need to catch is dustbins being knocked over, rubbish being pushed through people's letterboxes, and so on.
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We have used prisons as dustbins; and consequently prison officers cannot cope.
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I shall call them schools and dustbins and refer to them later.
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The four adults next door must have much more in their dustbins than the retired couple.
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I urged him also to say something about dustbins and the collection of ashes, and so on.
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