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wastepaper

/weyst-pey-per/US // ˈweɪstˌpeɪ pər //UK // (ˈweɪstˌpeɪpə) //

废纸,废纸片,废纸箱,废弃的纸张

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : paper thrown away as useless.

Examples

  • Maybe you turn in the tissue you found in the wastepaper basket and some water out of the toilet.

  • Putting his hand up, he pulled out his wife's letter, and read it again cursorily before casting it into the wastepaper basket.

  • Peggy, armed with the wastepaper basket and the skin, followed open-mouthed.

  • The flush remained on his face, his cigarette had gone out, and he threw the stump savagely into the wastepaper basket.

  • Standing tore the message into small fragments and dropped them into the wastepaper basket beside him.

  • Where is that copy that you retrieved from the wastepaper basket?