dumpster

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied. Canada,US
    — He realized with a brief shudder that Kurt probably used this flashlight while nipple-deep in dumpsters, had an image of Kurt transferring it from his gloved hands to his mouth and back again as he dug through bags of kitchen and toilet waste, looking for discarded technology.

词形变化

dumpsters plural

词源

Genericized brand name, from blend of dump + Dempster. The original brand (and some associated things) are no longer trademarked, because the three trademarks involved have either expired or been cancelled. By surface analysis, dump + -ster.
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