garbage
意味
- (台所から出る)生ごみ,食べかす,残飯
- くだらないもの,がらくた
例文
We must get rid of this foul garbage right away.
この汚いゴミをすぐに捨てなければならない。
In her home, kitchen garbage was fed to the pigs.
彼女の家では、生ゴミはブタの餌にされていた。
The garbage collector comes three times a week.
ゴミ収集は週に3回やっています。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear