rubbish/ˋrʌbIʃ; ˈrʌbIʃ/n [U] BrE 【英】1 things such as paper, old food, empty bottles etc that you do not need and that you can throw away [ garbage AmE 【美】] 垃圾﹐废弃物: household rubbish 生活垃圾a rubbish bin 垃圾桶a pile of rubbish 一堆垃圾rubbish dump/tip (=a place to take rubbish) 垃圾场THESAURUS 同类词litter – empty bottles, pieces of paper etc that people have dropped carelessly on the street〔扔在公共场所的〕垃圾﹐废弃物refuse formal 【正式】 – things that people have thrown away 废弃物﹐垃圾waste – materials, substances etc that need to be thrown away after they have been used or after an industrial process〔使用完或经过工业处理的〕废弃物﹔废料garbage/trash AmE 【美】垃圾COLLOCATIONS 词语搭配throw rubbish away – to get rid of rubbish 扔掉垃圾 – by putting it in a〔把垃圾〕扔进bin/wastepaper basket BrE 【英】/wastebasket AmE 【美】 垃圾箱/废纸篓 or a dustbin BrE 【英】/garbage can AmE 【美】 垃圾桶throw rubbish out – to get rid of rubbish 扔掉垃圾 – by putting it in a〔把垃圾〕扔进dust-bin BrE 【英】/garbage can AmE 【美】 /trashcan AmE 【美】 垃圾桶dump – to get rid of something unwanted in a careless way 乱扔〔垃圾〕recycle – to put glass, paper etc through a special process so that it can be used again 回收利用2 informal something you think is silly, wrong, or bad quality【非正式】胡说八道﹔废话﹔劣质的东西: You do talk rubbish sometimes. 有时候你确实会胡说八道。What a load of rubbish ! 真是废话连篇!