| 单词 | wastebasket |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswaste-basket waste-basket n. now chiefly U.S. = waste paper n. basket. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse vat1534 voider1613 waste-paper box1836 dustbin1847 kid1847 waste-basket1850 scrap-box1858 waste-paper basket1859 garbage can1869 can1872 hell1872 scrap basket1872 sink tidy1881 tidy-betty1884 kitchen tidy1885 midden1890 wagger1903 W.P.B.1903 waste-bin1915 Sanibin1921 binette1922 G.I. can1929 trash can1929 trashbag1934 litter-bin1947 shitcan1948 pedal bin1951 trash-bin1955 litter-basket1958 midgie1965 bin1972 swing bin1972 tidy bin1972 dump bin1978 wheelie bin1984 binbag1986 1850 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. ii. vi. 117 Public men have such odd out-of-the-way letters that their waste-baskets are never empty. 1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice lv Basil tore the paper.., and thrust it into the waste-basket. 1913 J. Webster Daddy-Long-Legs 35 If my letters bore you you can always toss them into the waste-basket. waste-basket waste-basket v. to put in the waste-paper basket. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > treat as refuse [verb (transitive)] waste-basket1889 junk1911 garbage1915 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] > discard from use > as worn-out or useless waste-basket1889 scrap1902 to cast on or consign to the scrap-heap1903 scrap-heap1907 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. (1917) II. xxix. 514 Send me the pages with your corrections on them, and waste-basket the rest. 1900 ‘M. Twain’ Man that corrupted Hadleyburg 127 Indefinite testimonies might properly be waste-basketed, since there is evidently no lack of definite ones procurable. < as lemmas |
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