wastepaper basket
noun [ C ] mainly UK (also waste paper basket) uk/ˈweɪst.peɪ.pə ˌbɑː.skɪt/ us/ˈweɪst.peɪ.pɚ ˌbæs.kət/ (UK also wastepaper bin, waste paper bin); (US usually wastebasket)
废纸篓，废纸箱
an open container that stands on the floor inside buildings and is used for putting rubbish in, especially paper
Most of the letters they receive end up in the wastepaper basket. 他们收到的大部分信最终被扔进了废纸篓。
She tossed the envelope into the wastepaper bin.
See also: waste bin
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- It is particularly annoying when someone drops rubbish in the wastepaper basket you have just emptied.
- He sometimes takes home letters connected with his son's business and, when he has finished with them, chucks them in his wastepaper basket.
- A discarded match thrown into a waste paper basket was the most likely cause of a fire.
- Most of her literary efforts went straight into the wastepaper bin.
- The letter is so silly the best thing to do with it is file it in the waste paper bin.