rubbish
noun[U]
uk/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/us/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/B1UK(USgarbage,trash)
wastematerialor things that are nolongerwantedorneeded:
垃圾;废弃物Iforgotto put the rubbish out thismorning.我今天早晨忘了把垃圾拿出去让人收走。
Put theemptyboxin the rubbishbin.把空盒子放在垃圾桶里。
Take theoldfurnitureto the rubbishdump.把这件旧家具扔到垃圾场去。
B2mainlyUKinformal
something that youthinkis verylowqualityor nottrue:
粗制滥造的东西,劣质的东西;废话,瞎说Thefilmwas rubbish.这部电影纯属垃圾。
Hisideasarealoadof (old)rubbish.他的想法真是一堆垃圾。
- Residents have called for aclean-upcampaigntokeeptheirstreetsfreefrom rubbish.
- It's ashamethat such abeautifulareahas beendefiledby a rubbishdump.
- He made aratherhalf-heartedattempttoclearup the rubbish.
- Look at all this rubbish on thefloor.
- Tie up thetopof thebagso the rubbish doesn'tfallout.
Rubbish and waste
- anti-litter
- anti-littering
- debris
- dejunk
- dejunking
- garbage disposal
- gubbins
- high-level waste
- influent
- jetsam
- litter
- muck
- recycle
- sewage
- sewerage
- shavings
- skip diving
- slag
- spoil
- white elephant
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Nonsense
rubbish
verb[T]
UKinformaluk/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/us/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/tocriticizesomething:
批评;狠批;贬低Why does everyone rubbish myideas?为什么大家都把我的想法批得一文不值?
Disapproving & criticizing
- anathematize
- animadversion
- aspersion
- assail
- aw
- backbite
- criticism
- deprecate
- dim
- fault
- niggle
- nitpick
- opprobrious
- peanut gallery
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
- personalization
- personalize
- philippic
- sarky
- tear
rubbish
adjective
UKinformaluk/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/us/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/completelywithoutskillat aparticularactivity:
一窍不通的;蹩脚的I'm rubbishatarithmetic.我对算术一窍不通。
You're a rubbishdancer.你舞跳得糟透了。
bad at something
- bad atI was overweight and bad at sport.
- hopelessI’m completely hopeless in the kitchen.
- uselessUKHe’s useless at maths.
- rubbishUKShe’s a pretty rubbish singer, really.
- incompetentThe rules have made it hard to remove incompetent teachers.
Inexperienced (of people)
- armchair
- be new to this gameidiom
- be wet behind the earsidiom
- dewy-eyed
- fledgling
- game
- green
- innocence
- innocent
- innocently
- maladroitly
- new
- raw
- unartistic
- unenlightened
- uninformed
- uninitiated
- unrefined
- unversed
- wet
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Inability and awkwardness
rubbish
exclamation
UKinformaluk/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/us/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/used for saying that you do notagreewith what someone has said:
"Tomatoplantsare verydifficulttogrow." "Rubbish, they'reeasytogrow!"
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alas and alackphrase
- attaboy
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- figure
- goodo
- mazel tov
- more
- more power toyourelbow!idiom
- need
- need I say more?idiom
- no siridiom
- period
- small wonderidiom
- sweet
- the rest is historyidiom
- you seeidiom
- yum yum
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Arguing & disagreeing