喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture 'bin' as an open-topped container you drop unwanted things into — the rubbish bin in the corner of the room. From that one everyday object grow both the storage container and the verb 'to bin' (to put in the bin, i.e. throw away).

可以把 bin 想成一個開口朝上、讓你把不要的東西丟進去的容器——房間角落那個垃圾桶。從這個日常的東西，一邊長出「拿…更多收起可以把 bin 想成一個開口朝上、讓你把不要的東西丟進去的容器——房間角落那個垃圾桶。從這個日常的東西，一邊長出「拿來裝東西的大箱子」，一邊長出動詞「把某物扔進桶裡＝丟掉」。

Two branches

裝東西的容器

這一支就是 bin 最原本的樣子：一個放東西的容器。差別只在裝的是廢棄物還是要留的東西——但都是「往裡面放」的那個桶或箱。

trash container · noun · B1

A container that you put rubbish or waste in.

垃圾桶

動詞：把東西丟進桶裡

把那個垃圾桶直接拿來當動作：「往 bin 裡一扔」就是動詞 bin。物件（桶）變成了動作（丟進桶）——所以 bin 一個東西＝把它扔掉、不要了。

throw away · verb · B1

To throw something away because you do not want it.

丟掉 / 扔掉

原始詞典資料16 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Binname

  • 1

    A surname from Chinese.

binnoun詞源 1/ˈbɪn/

  • 1

    A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.

    • a corn bin
    • a wine bin
  • 2

    A container for rubbish or waste.

    • a rubbish bin
    • a wastepaper bin
  • 3

    mathematicssciencesstatisticsAny of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc

  • 4

    Any of the fixed-size chunks into which airspace is divided for the purposes of radar.

  • 5

    slangJail or prison.

    • Free up my G's locked in the bin Jail house comin' like subs one comes out then one goes in
  • 6

    A digital file folder for organising media in a non-linear editing program.

binverb詞源 1/ˈbɪn/

  • 1

    informalTo dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.

    • He put the bank statement in the shoebox marked "Bank Statements" and binned the rest.
  • 2

    informalTo throw away, reject, give up.

    • This splendid eloquence was promptly binned by the pope, […]
    • The CC [Co-ordinating Centre] had long since binned the idea of catching the regular shuttle service, […]
  • 3

    mathematicssciencesstatisticsTo convert continuous data into discrete groups.

  • 4

    To place into a bin for storage.

    • to bin wine

binnoun詞源 2/ˈbɪn/

  • 1

    son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן (ben).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。