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单词 wastepaper basket
释义
wastepaper basket
noun[C]
mainlyUK(alsowaste paper basket)
uk
/ˈweɪst.peɪ.pə ˌbɑː.skɪt/us
/ˈweɪst.peɪ.pɚ ˌbæs.kət/
(UKalsowastepaper bin,waste paper bin);(USusuallywastebasket)
anopencontainerthatstandson thefloorinsidebuildingsand is used for puttingrubbishin,especiallypaper:
废纸篓，废纸箱
Most of theletterstheyreceiveend upinthewastepaperbasket.他们收到的大部分信最终被扔进了废纸篓。
Shetossedtheenvelopeintothewastepaperbin.
See also
waste bin
picture of wastepaper basket
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More examples
  • It isparticularlyannoyingwhen someonedropsrubbishin thewastepaperbasketyou have justemptied.
  • He sometimestakeshomelettersconnectedwith his son'sbusinessand, when he hasfinishedwith them,chucksthem in hiswastepaperbasket.
  • Adiscardedmatchthrowninto awastepaperbasketwas the mostlikelycauseof afire.
  • Most of herliteraryeffortswentstraightinto thewastepaperbin.
  • Theletteris sosillythebestthing to do with it isfileit in thewastepaperbin.
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(Definition ofwastepaper basketfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
wastepaper basket
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˈweɪst.peɪ.pə ˌbɑː.skɪt/us
/ˈweɪst.peɪ.pɚ ˌbæs.kət/
(USwastebasket)
anopencontainerthatstandson thefloorinsidebuildingsand is used for puttingrubbishin,especiallypaper
废纸篓，废纸箱
Most of theletterstheyreceiveend up in the wastepaperbasket.他们收到的大部分信最终被扔进了废纸篓。

Examplesofwastepaper basket

wastepaper basket
People with such a mindset do not need to be persuaded too long before they jettison play-writing in thewastepaperbasketof classical literature.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We did not intend to use pragmatics as awastepaperbasket.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If you try any other approach, your complaints end up in thewastepaperbasket.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
A tremendous number of technical journals reach the doctor and are thrown straight into thewastepaperbasketbecause he has no time to read them.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Frequently it is lost, thrown away or put into thewastepaperbasket, and in many cases nothing more happens after that.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Therefore, it will have to go into thewastepaperbasket, together with all the other undelivered speeches.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I sometimes fear that we tend to look upon backward children in a school as something that should be put in thewastepaperbasket.
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They hardly look at the document and toss it into theirwastepaperbasket.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not think this document will be thrown in thewastepaperbasket.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Among that lot of paper— most of which went straight into mywastepaperbasket—was a very illuminating document giving details of the nationalisation law.
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The difficulty is that too many people, on seeing it, do not have her alert eye and put it straight in thewastepaperbasket.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If we let the subject drop, it will go back into thewastepaperbasketand will not reappear for some years.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Most of them throw them in thewastepaperbasket.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
All my brilliant speeches ended up not being made and became tiny bits of paper in awastepaperbasket.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is not because we have to open a dozen or more of these circulars and then throw them into thewastepaperbasket.
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