单词 | junk |
释义 | junk (once / 1287 pages) 1nv 2n Junk is trash, debris, or garbage — it's something that's left behind or thrown away because it's not wanted. You might view the broken toaster as junk, while your sister sees it as an interesting repair project. After an accident, your car might be junk, and if it's hauled off to a scrapyard, you can say you had to junk it, using the verb meaning "to throw it away." One person's junk, however, is another person's valuable metal that can be sold to recycling companies. A completely different, non-trashy kind of junk is a Chinese sailing ship. These uses are connected through the nautical origin of junk, originally spelled junke and meaning "old rope or cable." WORD FAMILYjunk: junked, junking, junks USAGE EXAMPLESSome consumer groups argued that the letters looked like junk mail. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) I thought, “What kind of junk is this with all the sensational news about ‘fake news’?” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Corporate junk bond funds, which tend to fare well in good economies, are up a hefty 13% this year. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up Syn|Hypo|Hyper debris, detritus, dust, rubble slack dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve rubbish, scrap, trash worthless material that is to be disposed of 2v dispose of (something useless or old) 2junk an old car Syn|Hyper scrap, trash cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out throw or cast away n any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails Hyper boat a small vessel for travel on water |
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