单词 | dust-heap |
释义 | > as lemmasdust-heap dust-heap n. (also figurative) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > heap or accumulation of middena1425 dust-heap1654 refuse heap1816 detritus1849 tip1863 dump1865 waste-heap1873 junkyard1885 slag heap1917 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms xiii. 8 Such dust-heaps are found in every corner. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 1 May 3/2 The Salvation Army deserves to be helped in its work of sifting the dust-heap of our lowest social strata. 1940 R. G. Collingwood Ess. Metaphysics 120 The distinction between truth and falsehood is part of that antiquated lumber which has at last..been thrown on the dust-heap. < as lemmas |
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