Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - rubbish
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Rubbish
rubbish
(rubbishes, rubbishing, rubbished) 1. Rubbish consists of unwanted things or waste material such as used paper, empty tins and bottles, and waste food. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use garbage, trash) ...unwanted household rubbish... = refuse N-UNCOUNT 2. If you think that something is of very poor quality, you can say that it is rubbish. (BRIT INFORMAL) He described her book as absolute rubbish. N-UNCOUNT 3. If you think that an idea or a statement is foolish or wrong, you can say that it is rubbish. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) He’s talking rubbish... These reports are total and utter rubbish. = nonsense N-UNCOUNT 4. If you think that someone is not very good at something, you can say that they are rubbish at it. (BRIT INFORMAL) He was rubbish at his job... I tried playing golf, but I was rubbish. ? great ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ at n 5. If you rubbish a person, their ideas or their work, you say they are of little value. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use trash) Five whole pages of script were devoted to rubbishing her political opponents... VERB: V n
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noun Etymology: Middle English robous Date: 15th century 1. useless waste or rejected matter ; trash 2. something that is worthless or nonsensical few real masterpieces are forgotten and not much ~ survives — William Bridges-Adams • ~y adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. esp. Brit. 1 waste material; debris, refuse, litter. 2 worthless material or articles; trash. 3 (often as int.) absurd ideas or suggestions; nonsense. --v.tr. colloq. 1 criticize severely. 2 reject as worthless. Derivatives rubbishy adj. Etymology: ME f. AF rubbous etc., perh. f. RUBBLE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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строительный мусор; каменный материал от сноса зданий бытовые твёрдые отбросы, БТО пустая порода; карьерные отходы ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. мусор, сор, хлам household rubbish —- старье, битая посуда, макулатура и т. п. 2. дрянь, хлам these goods are just rubbish —- эти товары никуда не годятся this book is all rubbish —- эта книга - сплошная ерунда 3. чепуха, вздор don't talk rubbish! —- не болтай чепухи! 4. сл. деньги 5. горн. пустая порода; закладка 6. в грам. знач. междометия: чушь!, вздор! Id: a good riddance of (to) bad rubbish —- скатертью дорога 7. третировать; обижать 8. ломать, уничтожать; превращать в груду обломков ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) хлам, мусор 2) вздор, ерунда; oh, rubbish! - чепуха! 3) sl. деньги 4) mining пустая порода; закладка Syn: see waste ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n especially BrE 1 food, paper etc that is no longer needed and has been thrown away; garbage (1) AmE (The dustmen collect the rubbish on Thursdays.) 2 informal objects, papers etc that you no longer use and should throw away (I must clear some of the rubbish from my desk.) 3 informal an idea, statement, etc that is rubbish is silly or wrong and does not deserve serious attention; nonsense (Oh, don't talk such rubbish! | a load of (old) rubbish) (I reckon all this stuff about re-incarnation is a load of rubbish. | rubbish! spoken (=used to tell someone that what they have just said is completely wrong)) 4 informal a film, book etc that is rubbish is very bad (the usual Hollywood rubbish) ~2 v BrE to say something is bad or useless ~3 adj BrE informal not skilful at a particular activity (They're a rubbish football team.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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