dustbin
noun [ C ] UK uk/ˈdʌst.bɪn/ us/ˈdʌst.bɪn/ (US garbage can, trash can)
B1 (常置于室外的)垃圾箱,垃圾桶
a large container for rubbish from a house or other building, usually made of strong plastic or metal and kept outside
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- A quarter of the contents of an average family's dustbin is organic matter.
- I was woken up by a couple of drunks larking around with a dustbin in the street.