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单词 transfer station
释义

transfer station

noun

: a site where recyclables and refuse are collected and sorted in preparation for processing or landfill

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The Eagle Transfer Station would be the county’s first privately run waste transfer station, and would accept garbage to be taken elsewhere for disposal. Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2022 The memo pointed out that the administration rejected a proposal for a waste transfer station at Tradepoint Atlantic in Sparrows Point for those reasons. Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2022 An initial idea was to turn the South Meadows plant into a transfer station, where waste would be transferred from local collector to interstate haulers. Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2022 Work is underway on relocating the gas-transfer station, and it should be done by year end, Schoen said. BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022 Police who had conducted an eight-hour search of medical refuse at Republic Waste transfer station on Howard Avenue in Roxbury followed up with another search of the site based on the pathologist’s comments. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 Norfolk plans to use the transfer station to move materials like ethanol, oil or other commodities from train cars into trucks, pipelines or storage tanks, DeGraff said. J.d. Capelouto, ajc, 25 Nov. 2020 The Fourth Avenue subway station is at the core of the neighborhood’s sizable Latin American community, as well as a major transfer station for commuters across Brooklyn. Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022 Three structures on the Ferry Street side, including the transfer station, will remain for adaptive reuse, said Tyrone Clifton, director of the Detroit Building Authority. Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

transfer station

noun

as in kitchen midden

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • kitchen midden
  • sanitary landfill
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  • dustbin
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  • midden
  • dump
  • tip
  • sty
  • pigpen
  • pigsty
  • mess
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