汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 饭桶
饭桶 (飯桶)
rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing
〈名〉装饭的桶,比喻没有用的人。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

和那个饭桶老公离婚。

Leave that deadbeat husband.

你是个违反规则的饭桶知道吗?

You're a right foul git, you know that?

格林先生总是盛气凌人的样子。其实,他是个饭桶

Mr Green is always on his high horse. In fact, he is good for nothing.

但这里,大部分的家长认为现状不错,只要他们照做,他们的孩子就能光耀门楣,而不是成为一个饭桶

But here, most parents think things are working just fineand, if they follow the formula, their single child will emerge anhonor to the family and not a dreaded deadbeat.

我在特立尼达那边曾经亲眼看到过他的中桅船,可是跟我一起航行的那个胆小的饭桶直要往后退,往后退,先生,他一直退到西班牙港哩。

I've seen his top-sails with these eyes, off Trinidad, and the cowardly son of a rum-puncheon that I sailed with put back — put back, Sir, into Port of Spain.