dumpster
/ˈdʌmp.stər/ (bre, ipa) · [dˈʌmpstɚ] /ˈdʌmp.stɚ/ (ame, ipa) · [dˈʌmpstɚ] /ˈdəm(p)-stər How to pronounce dumpster (audio)/ (ame, mw)
dumpster — 名詞
1. a very large metal bin with a hinged lid, kept outside a building such as a shop
大型垃圾桶
建築物外帶蓋的大型工業垃圾桶
a very large metal bin with a hinged lid, kept outside a building such as a shop, restaurant, or block of flats so that rubbish can be thrown in and later collected by a truck.
Antonia carried two bags of kitchen scraps out to the dumpster behind the diner.
Antonia 提著兩袋廚餘走出餐館，丟進後門的大型垃圾桶裡。
dumpster behind [building] — typical placement of the bin
The dumpster outside the apartment block was already overflowing by Saturday morning.
公寓外的大型垃圾桶才到星期六早上就已經滿出來了。
dumpster outside [building] + 'overflowing' collocation
Selim spotted an old wooden chair sitting next to a green dumpster on Elm Street.
Selim 在 Elm 街的綠色大型垃圾桶旁看到一張舊木椅。
Workers wheeled a steel dumpster up to the building site before the demolition started.
拆除工程開始前，工人們把一個鋼製大型垃圾桶推到工地上。
Linh found her car keys at the bottom of the dumpster after an hour.
Linh 在大型垃圾桶底翻找了一個小時，才找到她的車鑰匙。
- skip
British English equivalent, especially for the open construction-site type
- trash container
neutral generic term; less specific than dumpster
- refuse bin
formal; covers any size, not just the large industrial type
文法句型
a dumpster
the dumpster behind X
dumpster outside X
用法筆記
Mainly American English; originally a trademark (Dempster-Dumpster) and now used as a general noun. British speakers usually say 'skip' for the construction-site type and 'wheelie bin' for the household type.