释义 |
ˈtrashing, vbl. n. [f. trash v.3 + -ing1.] 1. The action of trash v.3 1.
1847Simmonds' Col. Mag. Mar. 295 Plant-canes require at least four weedings and trashings before they are fit to shift for themselves. 1897Daily News 23 June 15/3 In Northern Queensland..the white farmer and his family do most of the work themselves, except at ‘trashing’ time, when Kanakas are employed. 2. The action of trash v.3 3 a; vandalism or an instance of this. colloq. (chiefly U.S.).
1970N.Y. Times 29 Apr. 40/1 The new breed of campus revolutionaries..are now turning to what they call ‘trashing’—the setting of fires, hurling of rocks, smashing of windows. 1971Publishers' Weekly 4 Oct. 24/1 Student riots and trashings of college stores. 1973D. Martin Tracts against Times v. 47 The ‘trashing’ activities which damaged all property within a half-mile radius of the University of Wisconsin. 1979Listener 3 May 614/2 ‘Trashing’, the destruction of buildings and property, became commonplace. |