wastebasket

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin.
  2. Any region or grouping that is worthless or meaningless. broadly,figuratively
    — The order Insectivora provides such a taxonomic wastebasket in classifications of the placental mammals.
动词 v.
  1. To discard in a wastebasket. transitive
    — I was aweary, aweary, and I put it in the waste basket. Ten days later the bill came again, and with it a shadowy threat. I waste-basketed it.

词形变化

wastebaskets plural wastebaskets present,singular,third-person wastebasketing participle,present wastebasketed participle,past wastebasketed past

词汇关系

衍生词
wastebasket taxon

词源

词源 1
From waste + basket.
词源 2
From waste + basket.
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