dustheap
/duhst-heep/US // ˈdʌstˌhip //
尘土飞扬,尘埃落定,尘埃堆,尘埃飞扬
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
- : oblivion; obscurity; disregard; disuse: He was consigned to the dustheap after many years of public service.
Examples
As they fell, they were relegated to the nearest dustheap, and their places remained vacant.
Perhaps even then you will agree with us and admire many a seedling that the hidebound fancier would consign to the dustheap.
So they threw it on a dustheap where the dead Swallow was also lying.
Amongst other things we spoke of the affairs of "The Dustheap," a little Club of which we were both members.
Finally the gazelle dies of sorrow, and Sultan Darai dreams that he is scratching on his old dustheap.
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