英文词源
- trash (n.)
- late 14c., "thing of little use or value, waste, refuse, dross," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse tros "rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs," Norwegian dialectal trask "lumber, trash, baggage," Swedish trasa "rags, tatters"), of unknown origin. Applied to ill-bred persons or groups from 1604 ("Othello"), and especially of poor whites in the U.S. South by 1831. Applied to domestic refuse or garbage from 1906 (American English). Trash-can attested from 1914. To trash-talk someone or something is by 1989.
- trash (v.)
- "to discard as worthless," 1859, from trash (n.); in the sense of "destroy, vandalize" it is attested from 1970; extended to "criticize severely" in 1975. Related: Trashed; trashing.
实用例句
- 1. Would they trash the place when the party was over?
- 聚会结束时他们会把这地方搞得一团糟吗？
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- 2. Pop music doesn't have to be trash, it can be art.
- 流行音乐不必非得是垃圾，也可以是艺术。
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- 3. Mowing lawns and taking out the trash are jobs for the tenant.
- 刈剪草坪、倒掉垃圾是房客该做的事。
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- 4. The Smith boy was compacting the trash.
- 史密斯家的男孩在把垃圾压紧。
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- 5. Don't read that awful trash.
- 不要读那本拙劣的垃圾之作。
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