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scrap METALskrApn [U]old or used material, esp. metal, that has been collected in one place, often in order to be treated so that it can be used again废料，废物(尤指废金属)scrap iron/metal废铁/金属What is the ship's scrap value?这艘废船值多少钱？We've sold our old car for scrap.我们把我们那辆旧车当作废金属卖掉了。A scrap dealer (Br also scrap merchant) buys and sells scrap.废品商A scrap heap is a pile of scrap.废品堆(fig.) Many actresses complain of being on the scrap heap (= no longer wanted or needed) at the age of 40.许多女演员抱怨说她们到了40岁就一无用处了。(fig.) Those who lost their jobs felt that their commitment to the education service was being thrown on the scrap heap (= ignored and not valued).那些失业者觉得他们对教育事业所作出的贡献已经分毫不值了。A scrap yard is a place where scrap is collected and either sold or prepared for being used again.废料场，废品堆放场
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