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dustbin

/duhst-bin/US // ˈdʌstˌbɪn //UK // (ˈdʌstˌbɪn) //

尘箱,垃圾箱,垃圾桶,尘土箱

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chiefly British.

    • : an ashcan; garbage can.

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Examples

  • I’ve been thinking about him a lot over the past few months as Congress inexplicably argues over such big issues as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — leaving the Equality Act lying fallow near the dustbin of history.

  • A HEPA filter and special anti-allergen seal on the dustbin prevent pet dander from re-entering the home.

  • The best stick vacuums typically have a good blend of features, including suction control, dustbin design, and battery life.

  • It also offers two ways to empty the dustbin and includes a washable filter to save filter costs over the life of the vacuum.

  • When choosing the best stick vacuum, consider dustbin size, suction power, and head design.

  • Marrero himself was hardly a “cup of coffee” relic or a minor character belatedly retrieved from the dustbin of baseball history.

  • Drop your clash of civilizations references into the dustbin of history.

  • Usually if a book was controversial or never published, we think it worthy of rescuing from the literary dustbin.

  • And, magically, the point of no return disappeared into the dustbin of history—at least for a few months.

  • But the Finnish company struck a deal this month that will doom it to the dustbin of history.

  • But to me the divinities of antiquity are not mere dolls to be patted superciliously on the head and then remitted to the dustbin.

  • They were as miscellaneous as if some one had taken the lid off a human dustbin.

  • That tidiness of yours is a mania; that way of looking upon the world as a dustbin is a disease.

  • He threw the cruet in the dustbin—where I found it, along with other silver—for the sake of a burglary blind.

  • A form sprawled against a dustbin and muffled by its arm and hat snores, groans, grinding growling teeth, and snores again.