1.DHCBritish EnglishBrE a large basket that you put dirtyclothes in until you wash them 〔放置待洗衣服的〕脏衣篮SYN American English hamper
2.DHa basket used for carrying clothes that have been or need to be washed 〔装已洗或待洗衣服的〕洗衣篮
Examples from the Corpus
laundry basket• She wore a swirlingdress with something brightwrappedround the waist, and she carried a laundry basket.• Iachimo had fallen into a laundry basket.• But her daughter lined a hugelaundry basket for the infant, and wherever she went, the basket went with her.• A young porter stood in the corridor, a large laundry basket by his side.• Listen, this is not your personallaundry basket.• The teenager won't put her soiled clothing in the laundry basket as requested; they don't get washed.• There were flowers on the table but no pants in the laundry basket.