circular file

短语

[计] 循环文件

发音

AU

词形变化

circular files 复数 circular files

别名

circular

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The trash container; the wastebasket.

    幽默 习语

    He was completely underqualified for the job, so I put his resume directly into the circular file.

词汇关系

名词

词源

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

来源:wiktionary