(1) 1)垃圾(waste material from a house，etc)[U](尤AmE)：put the～in the kitchen/the streets把垃圾放到廚房/街上;put the～down the incinerator把垃圾倒入焚化爐里;～collection/disposal垃圾的集中/處理;a～chute/truck/can垃圾滑道/車(chē)/池;〖同〗refuse，rubbish，waste; 2)垃圾站，存放或處理垃圾的地方(place for disposing garbage)[U]：throw any left-over food in the～把剩菜飯倒入垃圾箱里;
(2)廢話(huà)，毫無(wú)價(jià)值的愚蠢想法(stupid and worthless ideas，words;rubbish)[U](fig)(infml)：talk a load/a lot of～on the subject在這個(gè)問(wèn)題上說(shuō)許多廢話(huà);It's just～.這完全是廢話(huà)。rhetorical～華而不實(shí)的廢話(huà);
【說(shuō)明】在美國(guó)用garbage的地方英國(guó)人常用rubbish。