rubbish作名词有“垃圾”、“废弃物”、“劣质的动词”；“废话”的意思，其复数形式为rubbishes。同义词有garbage，debris，junk，litter及waste。
rubbish的用法（1）They had piled most of their rubbish into yellow skips.
他们把大多数的垃圾堆到了黄色的废料桶里。
（2）He described her book as absolute rubbish.
他说她的书一文不值。
（3）Hes talking rubbish
他胡说八道。
（4）These reports are total and utter rubbish.
这些报告废话连篇。
（5）The result also often has only scope but no depth and exists plenty of rubbishes.
查询的结果往往只有广度而没有深度，存在大量的垃圾信息.
2.同义词辨析
（1）garbage多指生活中的有机废料，如废纸、包装盒、剩菜剩饭等。
Garbage pollutes our rivers and lakes.
垃圾污染我们的河川湖泊。
（2）debris指某处堆积如山的垃圾货某种材料无用的碎渣、碎片等。
The ditches had filled up with mud and debris.
沟渠中塞满了淤泥和垃圾。
（3）junk指没有用处、毫无价值的废旧物品。
He threw away all the junk in the boot of his car.
他把汽车行李箱中所有废旧杂物都扔掉了。
（4）litter尤指在公共场所散落于地、有碍观瞻的废弃物。
There were piles of litter in the streets.
街道上垃圾成堆。
（5）waste多指已无使用价值的材料或陈旧的、破损的物品，也可指任何被丢弃之物。
They disposed of the citys waste in the sea.
他们把城里的垃圾倒入海中。
