bin
bin — 名詞
1. an open or lidded container, often kept in a kitchen, bathroom, or street, where
垃圾桶
裝廢棄物的容器
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.
Mateo 把吃完的披薩盒丟進廚房的垃圾桶。
into the bin: typical motion verb + preposition
Please put your banana peel in the green bin outside the school gate.
請把香蕉皮丟進校門外那個綠色的垃圾桶。
in the [colour] bin: recycling collocation
The bins on Oxford Street were overflowing after the parade.
遊行結束後，Oxford Street 上的垃圾桶都滿了出來。
Hana emptied the office paper bin into a black plastic bag.
Hana 把辦公室的紙屑桶倒進一個黑色塑膠袋裡。
The cat had knocked over the bin and scattered fish bones across the floor.
貓咪把垃圾桶撞翻，魚骨頭散落了一地。
- 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
儲物箱
存放穀物或日用品的有蓋大箱
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.
農夫從穀倉裡的木製貯存桶舀出小麥。
compound: grain bin (storage of bulk crops)
Wairimu keeps her flour in a metal bin beside the fridge.
Wairimu 把麵粉放在冰箱旁的金屬儲物箱裡。
in a [material] bin: storage location pattern
Each toy went into a labelled bin under the bed.
每個玩具都收進床底下貼有標籤的儲物箱。
The shop owner refilled the bread bin every morning before opening.
店主每天開門前都會把麵包箱重新裝滿。
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 — 動詞
1. to drop an unwanted object into a rubbish container, or, by extension, to give u
丟掉；放棄
把不要的東西扔掉；放棄計畫或想法
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.
Anaya 把烤焦的吐司丟掉，重新做了早餐。
transitive: bin + concrete object
The manager binned the proposal after reading only the first page.
經理只看了第一頁，就把那份提案扔掉了。
figurative: bin a plan or document
Just bin those old magazines if you don't want them anymore.
如果你不想要那些舊雜誌，就直接丟掉吧。
Yusuf binned his shopping list once he got to the supermarket.
Yusuf 一到超市，就把購物清單丟掉了。
- 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.