trash /ˈtræʃ/
垃圾,廢物 ;(vt.)廢棄,破壞,損壞; 向...投擲垃圾;搗毀行動,破壞行動
Trash n.
1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.
Who steals my purse steals trash. --Shak.
A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin. --Landor.
2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.
Note: ☞ In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes are called field trash; the bruised or macerated rind of canes is called cane trash; and both are called trash.
3. A worthless person. [R.]
4. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.
Trash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trashed p. pr. & vb. n. Trashing.]
1. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane.
2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]
3. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. [R.]
Trash, v. i. To follow with violence and trampling. [R.]
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trash
n 1: worthless material that is to be disposed of [syn: rubbish,
scrap]
2: worthless people [syn: scum]
3: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe,
trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop]
4: amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride;
used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an
appetite suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine
hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk,
chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu]
v 1: dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old
chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
[syn: junk, scrap]
2: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned
the performance" [syn: pan, tear apart]