bin
bin — noun
1. an open or lidded container, often kept in a kitchen, bathroom, or street, where
an open or lidded container, often kept in a kitchen, bathroom, or street, where you drop things you no longer want.
Mateo tossed the empty pizza box into the kitchen bin.
into the bin: typical motion verb + preposition
Please put your banana peel in the green bin outside the school gate.
in the [colour] bin: recycling collocation
The bins on Oxford Street were overflowing after the parade.
Hana emptied the office paper bin into a black plastic bag.
The cat had knocked over the bin and scattered fish bones across the floor.
- rubbish bin
British, fully spelled-out form for general household waste
- trash can
American equivalent of the everyday bin
- wastebasket
smaller bin, usually for paper, kept beside a desk
- dustbin
older British term, often the larger outdoor one
用法筆記
Mainly British; American speakers more often say trash can or garbage can. Often modified by what goes inside (rubbish bin, recycling bin, compost bin) or where it sits (kitchen bin, wheelie bin).
常見錯誤
2. a deep box or chest, often covered, where you keep grain, flour, coal, bread, or
a deep box or chest, often covered, where you keep grain, flour, coal, bread, or similar bulk goods tidy and protected.
The farmer scooped wheat from the wooden grain bin in the barn.
compound: grain bin (storage of bulk crops)
Wairimu keeps her flour in a metal bin beside the fridge.
in a [material] bin: storage location pattern
Each toy went into a labelled bin under the bed.
The shop owner refilled the bread bin every morning before opening.
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: a storage bin protects something you want to keep, while a waste bin holds things you want to discard. Often appears in fixed compounds (grain bin, coal bin, bread bin, storage bin).
bin — verb
1. to drop an unwanted object into a rubbish container, or, by extension, to give u
to drop an unwanted object into a rubbish container, or, by extension, to give up on a plan or idea because you no longer think it is worth keeping.
Anaya binned the burnt toast and started cooking breakfast again.
transitive: bin + concrete object
The manager binned the proposal after reading only the first page.
figurative: bin a plan or document
Just bin those old magazines if you don't want them anymore.
Yusuf binned his shopping list once he got to the supermarket.
- keep
to hold on to something instead of getting rid of it
文法句型
bin + something
用法筆記
Mainly British and informal; in American English, speakers prefer 'throw out', 'toss', or 'trash'. Object is usually something small (a letter, a sandwich) or an abstract item (a plan, a draft) rather than something heavy or large.