A Dumpster is a large metal box for rubbish, the kind you see behind shops, apartment buildings, and building sites in the United States. It is open at the top, or has lids, and a special truck lifts it and empties it. People throw in bags, broken furniture, and building waste.

A Dumpster is a large metal box for rubbishDumpster 是一個裝垃圾的大型金屬箱, the kind you see behind shops, apartment buildings, and building sites in the United States就是你在美國商店後面、公寓大樓、工地會看到的那種. It is open at the top, or has lids它上面是開放的，或是有蓋子, and a special truck lifts it and empties it由專門的垃圾車把它吊起來清空. People throw in bags, broken furniture, and building waste人們會把垃圾袋、壞掉的家具、建築廢料丟進去.

The word started as a brand (Dempster, blended with dump) and then became the ordinary American name, the way some people say 普拿疼 for a pain tablet. You will often see it with a small d now, dumpster, because many speakers no longer feel it as a company name. British English usually says skip for a similar big container; in Taiwan the close everyday word is 垃圾斗, not a borrowed Dumpster.

The word started as a brand這個字最早是一個品牌，叫 Dempster，混合了 dump 這個字, and then became the ordinary American name後來變成美國一般通用的名稱, the way some people say 普拿疼 for a pain tablet就像有些人把止痛藥都叫「普拿疼」一樣. You will often see it with a small d now你現在常會看到它小寫開頭，dumpster, because many speakers no longer feel it as a company name因為很多人已經不覺得它是個品牌名了. British English usually says skip for a similar big container英式英文通常把類似的大容器叫做 skip; in Taiwan the close everyday word is 垃圾斗在台灣，接近的日常說法是「垃圾斗」, not a borrowed Dumpster而不是借用 Dumpster 這個字.

Though actually it is not a small indoor bin, and it is not the truck. People also talk about dumpster diving — searching in one for food or usable things — which tells you how ordinary and slightly grim the object is. Informal, American, very physical.

Though actually不過事實上, it is not a small indoor bin它不是室內的小垃圾桶, and it is not the truck也不是垃圾車本身. People also talk about dumpster diving人們也會說 dumpster diving — searching in one for food or usable things意思是在裡面翻找食物或還能用的東西 — which tells you how ordinary and slightly grim the object is這也說明了這個東西有多普通、又帶點淒涼. Informal, American, very physical這是個非正式、美式、非常具體實在的字.