rubbish

英 ['rʌbɪʃ] 美['rʌbɪʃ]
  • n. 垃圾,废物;废话
  • adj. 毫无价值的

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词态变化


第三人称单数: rubbishes;过去式: rubbished;过去分词: rubbished;现在分词: rubbishing;

中文词源


rubbish 垃圾

词源不详,可能来自 rub,刮,擦,磨,引申词义刮下来的垃圾。

英英释意


1. worthless material that is to be disposed of
2. nonsensical talk or writing

英文词源


rubbish (n.)
c. 1400, robous, from Anglo-French rubouses (late 14c.), of unknown origin. No apparent cognates in Old French; apparently somehow related to rubble (see OED). Spelling with -ish is from late 15c. The verb sense of "disparage, criticize harshly" is first attested 1953 in Australian and New Zealand slang. Related: Rubbished; rubbishing.

同义词辨析


nonsense, rubbish

这两个名词均含"废话,胡说"之意。

nonsense: 指因愚蠢或无知而出现的一切荒唐和无意义的言语。

rubbish: 从本义垃圾引申而指毫无价值的话或思想。

waste, garbage, rubbish, litter, debris, junk

这些名词均含"废物,垃圾"之意。

waste: 普通用词,概念广泛,指任何被丢弃的东西。

garbage: 主要指有机废料,包括厨房的剩菜剩饭或不能再用的食物。也可作引申用。

rubbish: 普通用词,指任何成堆的、破损的、用过的或无用的东西,尤指弃掉的垃圾堆。也可作引申用。

litter: 是四下乱丢物品的总称,尤指散落于地,有碍观瞻的废物。

debris: 着重指分解、分裂或破坏后剩下的碎片,也指零散的普通废品。

junk: 指回收的旧汽车或大型机器,也指毫无实用价值,或破烂物体,但不指垃圾。

考试真题


Before you brush this argument aside as rubbish, or think of joy as an unaffordable luxury in a nation where there is awful poverty, low academic achievement, and high dropout rates, think again.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Each time, the rook deposits a cigarette end or a small piece of rubbish.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

six birds have just been trained to pick up rubbish at a French historical theme park.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

The other rubbish comes from missions that did not have human cruise.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead of migrating to the Sahel.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

They join the storks from Germany on rubbish dumps in Morocco.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

They gradually lose the habit of migrating in winterThey prefer rubbish dumps far away to those at home.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

They are not attracted to the rubbish dumps on their migration routes.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Massive rubbish dumps and sprawling landfills constitute one of the more uncomfortable impacts that humans have on wildlife.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

In the short-term, the birds seem to benefit from overwintering ( ' , 过冬) on rubbish dumps.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Andrea Flack of the Max Planck Institute found that birds following traditional migration routes were more likely to die than German storks that flew only as far as northern Morocco, and spent the winter there on rubbish dumps.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

In the short-term, the birds seem to benefit from overwintering on rubbish dumps.

2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead

2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Always get rid of your rubbish properly and recycle waste.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

As one group of workers carried out the rubbish, another group began removing seats and other theater equipment in preparation for the building's end.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

However, I soon discover that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of camps among tons of rubbish.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 完形填空 原文

Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 完形填空 原文

Pahlsson and her husband now think the ring probably got swept into a pile of kitchen rubbish and was spread over the garden, where it remained until the carrot's leafy top accidentally sprouted through it.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 语法填空 原文

Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 完形填空 原文

The problem is that countries around the world have growing mountains of rubbish because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 完形填空 原文

To decrease the amount of rubbish and to protect the environment, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 完形填空 原文

实用场景例句


a rubbish bag/bin
垃圾袋 / 桶

牛津词典

a rubbish dump/heap/tip
垃圾场 / 堆 / 倾倒处

牛津词典

The streets were littered with rubbish.
街上到处都是垃圾。

牛津词典

garden/household rubbish
花园 / 生活垃圾

牛津词典

I thought the play was rubbish!
我觉得这部戏很差!

牛津词典

Do we have to listen to this rubbish music?
我们一定要听这样差劲的音乐吗?

牛津词典

Rubbish! You're not fat.
瞎说!你并不胖。

牛津词典

You're talking a load of rubbish.
你说的是一大堆废话。

牛津词典

It's not rubbish─it's true!
这不是瞎说——是真的!

牛津词典

...unwanted household rubbish...
无用的家庭垃圾

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They had piled most of their rubbish into yellow skips.
他们把大多数的垃圾堆到了黄色的废料桶里。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He described her book as absolute rubbish.
他说她的书一文不值。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He's talking rubbish...
他胡说八道。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

These reports are total and utter rubbish.
这些报告废话连篇。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He was rubbish at his job...
他的工作做得差劲极了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I tried playing golf, but I was rubbish.
我试过打高尔夫球,但是我的球技太烂了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Five whole pages of script were devoted to rubbishing her political opponents...
整整5页讲稿都是对她的政敌的诋毁。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Officials have simply rubbished all positive ideas.
官员们对所有的正面意见一律否决。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

How many boys and girls are there in your class?
你班有多少男生和女生?

期刊摘选

She talks rubbish all the time.
她总是在说废话.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.
他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活.

《简明英汉词典》

What rubbish, I don't believe it.
真是废话, 我不相信它.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Recycling of rubbish costs money and requires special equipment.
回收利用垃圾的造价很高,又需要专用设备.

《简明英汉词典》

The rubbish was emptied onto the ground.
垃圾倾倒在地上.

《简明英汉词典》

He tipped rubbish over the wall into my garden.
他把垃圾从墙头倒进我的花园里.

《简明英汉词典》

Rubbish may be shot here.
此处可倒垃圾.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

That book is a load of rubbish.
那本书尽是些污言秽语.

《简明英汉词典》