ldoce_746_zrub·bish1 /ˈrʌbɪʃ/ ●●● S2 noun [uncountableU] especially British EnglishBrE 1 RUBBISH/WASTEfood, paper etc that is no longer needed and has been thrown away 〔已扔掉的〕垃圾,废弃物 SYN garbage, American English trashrubbish tip/dump (=a place to take rubbish) 垃圾场
2 informalRUBBISH/WASTE objects, papers etc that you no longer use and should throw away 垃圾〔指不再使用应该扔掉的东西〕 I’ve got so much rubbish on my desk it’s unbelievable. 我桌上有那么多垃圾,真是让人难以相信。
3 informalUNTRUE an idea, statement etc that is rubbish is silly or wrong and does not deserve serious attention 胡说八道;废话 SYN nonsense, American English garbage You do talk rubbish sometimes. 你有时候确实胡说八道。
That’s a load of rubbish. 那都是废话连篇。
The suggestion is absolute rubbish. 这个建议绝对是一派胡言。
rubbish! spoken (=used to tell someone that what they have just said is completely wrong) 胡说!
4 informalABAD a film, book etc that is rubbish is very bad 水准低劣的电影[书籍等] the usual Hollywood rubbish 好莱坞惯常的烂片
n THESAURUSrubbish especially British EnglishBrE things that people throw away, such as old food, dirty paper etcPeople are being encouraged to recycle their household rubbish.
the rubbish bin
garbage/trash American EnglishAmE rubbishThe garbage is collected every Tuesday.
There were piles of trash in the backyard.
a black plastic garbage bag
refuse formal rubbishThe strike has disrupted refuse collection.
It’s a site which is used for domestic refuse.
litter empty bottles, pieces of paper etc that people have dropped on the groundParents should teach children not to drop litter.
There was a lot of litter on the beach.
waste rubbish, or materials that need to be dealt with after they have been used in industrial processesnuclear waste
toxic waste
household waste
The company was fined for dumping toxic waste in the sea.