bin的基本意思是指用以存放谷物、煤炭、羊毛等的宽口大箱子。在英国还指废纸篓或垃圾箱。

He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
He thinks me a rice bin.在他眼里我是个饭桶。