词汇 | trash |
词源 | trash. Shakespeare, in Othello (1604), is the first recorded au- thor to use trash as a term for worthless or disreputable people. Trash fish and trash duck are old terms used by fishermen and hunters to mean various species of fish and ducks that are not edible. These latter terms date back to the Dutch in New York and are widely used today. See poor white trash. |
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