landfill

/ˈlændfɪl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈlændfɪl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈlan(d)-ˌfil/ (ame, mw)

landfill — noun

  • landfillsingular
  • landfillsplural

1. a place where garbage and other waste is buried under the ground, or the activit

1.名詞B1
釋義

a place where garbage and other waste is buried under the ground, or the activity of dealing with waste in this way

例句

The city's main landfill is now almost full after twenty years of use.

countable: a landfill as a physical site

Marta takes her old furniture to the recycling centre instead of sending it to landfill.

uncountable: to landfill as a method

同義詞
  • dump

    less formal, less regulated; a landfill is a specific type of engineered waste site

  • waste disposal site

    more formal, broader meaning covering any waste treatment location

  • rubbish tip

    British informal, similar in meaning to 'dump'

反義詞

用法筆記

The uncountable form (without 'a' or 's') refers to the method or process; the countable form ('a landfill' / 'landfills') refers to the physical site.

常見錯誤

❌We need to reduce landfill.' (vague)
✅We need to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
💡When using landfill as an uncountable noun for the method of disposal, you must state what is being reduced.