mass noun
1- chiefly Brit. waste material; refuse or litter〈主英〉废物; 垃圾：
householders may be charged for the removal of non-recyclable rubbish.
住户可能要支付清除不可回收利用的垃圾的费用。
1.1
- material that is considered unimportant or valueless无意义之物; 无价值之物：
she had to sift through the rubbish in every drawer.
她得把每个抽屉里无价值的东西清理掉。
1.2
- absurd, nonsensical, or worthless talk or ideas愚蠢的想法; 荒谬的念头; 废话; 不中用的意见：
critics said their work was a load of rubbish
评论家们说他们的作品废话连篇
as exclamation some MPs yelled 'Rubbish!'有些议员叫嚷道：“废话！”
with obj.
- Brit. informal criticize severely and reject as worthless〈英, 非正式〉严厉批评, 抨击; 废弃：
he rubbished the idea of a European Community-wide carbon tax.
他抨击了在欧洲共同体范围内对矿物燃料征税的意见。
- Brit. informal very bad; worthless or useless〈英, 非正式〉很差劲的, 蹩脚的; 无价值的; 无用的：
people might say I was a rubbish manager
人们也许会说我是个不中用的经理
she was rubbish at maths.
她数学很差。
派生词
rubbishy
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rubbous; perhaps related to Old French robe 'spoils'; compare with RUBBLE. The change in the ending was due to assocation with -ISH1. The verb (1950s) was originally Australian and New Zealand slang.