circular file

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The trash container; the wastebasket. humorous,idiomatic
    — He was completely underqualified for the job, so I put his resume directly into the circular file.

词形变化

circular files plural

词源

In reference to the wastebasket's cylindrical shape, and the act of throwing things away rather than filing them in cabinets.
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