rubbish學測 L6KK [ˈrʌbɪʃ] ｜ /ˈrʌbɪʃ/
垃圾；廢棄物·廢話；胡言亂語·嚴厲批評；抨擊
常考詞，一字橫跨垃圾、廢話、批評三義
The teacher said his excuse was rubbish and told him to clean up the rubbish on his desk.
老師說他的藉口根本是胡扯，還要他把桌上的垃圾清乾淨。
一個畫面：當成垃圾丟
整袋雜物堆滿沒用的舊物，準備清掉
滿口廢話說出來的話沒道理，像垃圾一樣沒價值
貶到一文不值公開說對方的意見一無是處
義項
雜物成堆A2noun垃圾；廢棄物
After cleaning out the garage, we filled many bags with old toys and other rubbish.
清空車庫後，我們裝了好幾袋舊玩具和其他垃圾。
a bag of rubbishtake out the rubbish
空話一堆A2noun廢話；胡言亂語
Don't listen to him—what he said is complete rubbish.
別聽他的——他說的全是胡說八道。
complete rubbisha load of rubbish
痛批貶低A2verb嚴厲批評；抨擊
After the game, the coach rubbished the referee's call.
比賽結束後，教練痛批裁判的判決。
rubbish the idearubbish the plan
片語
take out the rubbish倒垃圾 →把垃圾拿去丟
a load of rubbish一派胡言 →整段話全是廢話
talk rubbish滿口廢話 →說些沒道理的話
rubbish bin垃圾桶 →裝垃圾的桶子
你會不會這樣說？
'Don't listen to him—what he said is complete rubbish.' 這裡的 rubbish 最接近下列何者？(A) 垃圾桶 (B) 沒有道理的話 (C) 嚴厲批評
看答案
(B)
此句在說話沒道理，對應「廢話；胡言亂語」的義項，而非丟棄的廢棄物。
'The coach rubbished the referee's call.' 這裡的 rubbish 是什麼詞性？
看答案
動詞
後面直接接受詞，是動詞，意思是嚴厲批評。
字族
rubbishy 劣質的；沒有價值的