• n. 垃圾，廢物；舢板
• n. (Junk)人名；(德、捷)容克

來自中古英語junke,船上的舊纜繩或繩索，可能來自古法語junc,來自拉丁語juncus,蘆葦，燈芯草，詞源同junket.后引申詞義船上的垃圾，廢棄物。

來自葡萄牙語junco,來自馬來語jong,船，大船，最終來自漢語chuan,船。

junk (n.1)

"worthless stuff," mid-14c., junke "old cable or rope" (nautical), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old French junc "rush, reed," also used figuratively as a type of something of little value, from Latin iuncus "rush, reed" (but OED finds "no evidence of connexion"). Nautical use extended to "old refuse from boats and ships" (1842), then to "old or discarded articles of any kind" (1884). Junk food is from 1971; junk art is from 1966; junk mail first attested 1954.

junk (n.2)

"Chinese sailing ship," 1610s, from Portuguese junco, from Malay jong "ship, large boat" (13c.), probably from Javanese djong.

junk (v.)

1803, "to cut off in lumps," from junk (n.1). The meaning "to throw away as trash, to scrap" is from 1908. Related: Junked; junking.

New settlers (who should always be here as early in the spring as possible) begin to cut down the wood where they intend to erect their first house. As the trees are cut the branches are to be lopped off, and the trunks cut into lengths of 12 or 14 feet. This operation they call junking them; if they are not junked before fire is applied, they are much worse to junk afterwards. [letter dated Charlotte Town, Nov. 29, 1820, in "A Series of Letters Descriptive of Prince Edward Island," 1822]

1. The truth is that junk bonds were misnamed, and therefore misunderstood.

事實上人們對垃圾債券的稱謂有誤，所以產生了誤解。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The junk market has been unsettled for the past seven months.

過去7個月中廢舊貨市場一直起伏不定。

來自柯林斯例句

3. There was no mail except the usual junk addressed to the occupier.

除了寄給業主的常見垃圾信件之外，再沒有其他郵件了。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Rose finds her furniture in junk shops.

羅絲從舊貨店買來了家具。

來自柯林斯例句

5. I've cleared out all that old junk in the attic.

我把閣樓里所有的廢舊雜物都清除干凈了。

來自《權威詞典》