(BrE) VERB + DUSTBIN | DUSTBIN + NOUN | PREPOSITIONVERB + DUSTBIN➤chuck sth in, dump sth in, throw sth in把某物扔進垃圾箱◇She chucked the potatoes in the dustbin.她把土豆扔進了垃圾箱。➤go in進垃圾箱◇These old shoes can go in the dustbin now.這些舊鞋子現在可以進垃圾箱了。➤be consigned to, be destined for (figurative) 被棄置在垃圾箱;注定被扔進垃圾箱◇The politicians who lost the elections will be consigned to the dustbin of history.落選的政客將被拋進歷史的垃圾堆。➤empty清空垃圾箱◇How regularly are the dustbins emptied?垃圾箱多長時間清空一次?➤put out把垃圾桶放到外面◇We put out the dustbins on a Wednesday morning before the van comes.星期三早上我們會在垃圾運送車到來之前把垃圾桶放到外面。DUSTBIN + NOUN➤bag, liner垃圾桶袋;垃圾桶襯裏▸➤lid垃圾桶蓋▸➤man環衞工◇The dustbin men forgot to empty our bin this morning.今天早上環衞工忘記清空我們的垃圾桶了。PREPOSITION➤dustbin of (figurative) ⋯的垃圾箱◇The pollution in this country makes it the dustbin of Europe.污染使這個國家成為歐洲的垃圾箱。