hot garbage

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Nuclear waste. uncountable
    — The water is first filtered and processed to eliminate as much as possible substances that might become radioactive. After going through the reactor, it is held in basins until the radioactivity of the remaining impurities dies down and then is released. The water is still carrying some "hot garbage," but not very much.
  2. Anything that is extremely bad, low-quality, or worthless. derogatory,idiomatic,slang,uncountable
    — It wasn't a big deal for some people who were lucky enough to have regular-smelling feet, but Rusty had been born with foot-odor complications, which caused certain people to gag when he entered the room, or to ask him why his feet smelled like hot garbage.

词源

From hot (“radioactive”) + garbage (“waste”). Originally a term for radioactive materials, it evolved as a descriptor for anything highly undesirable.
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