一、详细释义:
n.
无用的东西,无价值的东西 [U]
例句:
My car turned out to be a piece of junk.
我的车变成一堆废物了。
例句:
He found a toy electric motor in a junk heap.
他在废物堆里找到了一台玩具电动机。
(制作、食用方便却有害健康的)垃圾食品 [U]
例句:
My son likes junk food such as crips,sweets an fizzy drinks.
我儿子喜欢吃炸土豆片、糖果和汽水一类只能填饱肚子的食品。
例句:
Junk food is what Americans call good that is not healthy.
垃圾食品是美国人对不健康食品的叫法。
中国式帆船 [C]
例句:
The junk laid by, drifting gently with the current.
帆船停着,顺水缓慢地漂着。
例句:
However, Zheng He's junk was four hundred feet long, much larger than Columbus'.
而郑和的帆船有400英尺长,比哥伦布的船大多了。
v.
把…当作废物扔弃,丢弃,废弃 [T]
例句:
How would you junk the big screen TV?
你将怎么处置那个大屏幕电视?
例句:
He junked all his old furniture before moving into his new home.
他在搬入新居之前把所有的旧家具都当废物丢掉了。
二、词义辨析:
waste,garbage,rubbish,litter,debris,junk
这些名词均含“废物,垃圾”之意。waste普通用词,概念广泛,指任何被丢弃的东西。garbage主要指有机废料,包括厨房的剩菜剩饭或不能再用的食物。也可作引申用。rubbish普通用词,指任何成堆的、破损的、用过的或无用的东西,尤指弃掉的垃圾堆。也可作引申用。litter是四下乱丢物品的总称,尤指散落于地,有碍观瞻的废物。debris着重指分解、分裂或破坏后剩下的碎片,也指零散的普通废品。junk指回收的旧汽车或大型机器,也指毫无实用价值,或破烂物体,但不指垃圾。
三、相关短语:
junk heap
破旧汽车
junk mail
n. 邮寄宣传品
junk bond
垃圾股
junk shop
旧货摊,旧货摊
junk food
n. 垃圾食品,无营养食品垃圾食物
四、参考例句:
Junk food hurts children.
垃圾食品危害孩子们(的健康)。
A motley collection of junk.
一堆各式各样的废旧杂物。
Potato chips are junk food.
薯条是垃圾食品。
Don't eat too much junk food.
别吃太多垃圾食品。
Of course, I love junk food, too.
我当然也喜欢一些垃圾食品。
Junk mail is a perfect illustration.
垃圾邮件就是一个很好的案例。
Why are you fiddling with that junk ?
你摆弄这些废物干什么?
Young people fancy eating junk food.
年轻人喜欢吃垃圾食品。
Reduce the consumption of junk food.