mass noun
1
- chiefly N. Amer. discarded matter; refuse〈主北美〉废物, 垃圾。
1.1
- writing, art, or other cultural items of poor quality拙劣的文学(或艺术、文化)作品:
if they read at all, they read trash.
如果他们真的读了, 那他们读的是糟粕。
1.2
- a person or people regarded as being of very low social standing社会地位很低的人(群):
she would have been considered trash.
她会被视为一文不值。
2
- (亦作cane trash)W. Indian the leaves, tops, and crushed stems of sugar cane, used as fuel〈西印度〉(作燃料的)甘蔗叶(梢), 甘蔗渣。
with obj.
1
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. damage or wreck〈非正式, 主北美〉捣毁, 毁坏:
my apartment's been totally trashed.
我的寓所全毁了。
1.1
- discard丢弃:
they trashed the tapes and sent her back into the studio.
他们扔掉磁带, 把她送回录音棚。
1.2
- Computing kill (a file or process) or wipe (a disk)【计算机】把(文件, 程序)送进回收站删除; 清空(磁盘)。
1.3
- criticize severely严厉批评, 抨击:
trade associations trashed the legislation as deficient.
商业联合会指责这项立法不完善。
1.4
- as adj. trashed intoxicated with alcohol or drugs喝醉了的, (服用毒品而)亢奋的:
there was pot, there was booze, but nobody really got trashed.
这里有大麻, 有酒, 但没人真的醉心于此。
2
- strip (sugar canes) of their outer leaves to ripen them faster剥(甘蔗)皮以使其更快成熟。
词源
late Middle English: of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded (mid 18th cent.) in sense 2; the other senses have arisen in the 20th cent.