junk
意味
- 廃品,くず(古材・古鉄・古紙・ぼろなど)
- 《話》(一般に)値打ちのないもの;がらくた(rubbish)
- 《俗》ヘロイン
- (廃品として)…を捨てる
- ジャンク(中国の平底帆船)
例文
In those days, the only thing I ate was junk food.
あのころはジャンクフードばかり食べてた。
Tom didn't use to eat so much junk food.
トムは昔はジャンクフードをそんなに食べなかった。
In those days, all I ate was junk food.
あのころはジャンクフードばかり食べてた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From earlier meaning "old refuse from boats and ships", from Middle English junk, jounke, jonk, joynk (“an old cable or rope”, nautical term), sometimes cut into bits and used as caulking; of uncertain origin; perhaps related to join, joint, juncture. Often compared to Middle English junk, jonk, jonke, junck (“a rush; basket made of rushes”), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus (“rush, reed”); however, the Oxford English Dictionary finds "no evidence of connexion".