Tra từ basket - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bas·ket [basket baskets] BrE [ˈbɑːskɪt] NAmE [ˈbæskɪt] noun

1. a container for holding or carrying things. Baskets are made of thin strips of material that bends and twists easily, for example plastic, wire or ↑wicker
•a shopping basket
•a picnic basket
•a clothes/laundry basket (= in which dirty clothes are put before being washed)
•a wicker/wire basket
•a cat/dog basket (= in which a cat or dog sleeps or is carried around)
see also ↑waste-paper basket
2. the amount contained in a basket
•a basket of fruit
3. the net and the metal ring it hangs from, high up at each end of a ↑basketball ↑court; a point that is scored by throwing the ball through this net
•to make/shoot a basket
4. (economics)a number of different goods or currencies
•the value of the rupee against a basket of currencies
see put all your eggs in one basket at ↑egg _n.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French basket, of unknown ultimate origin.

Example Bank:
•I decided to empty the waste-paper basket.
•She heaved the huge basket onto the table.
•She threw the letter into the waste basket.
•She was cycling along with her bicycle basket full of groceries.
•The cat lay curled in its basket.
•a basket filled with delicious fruit
•a basket of flowers/fruit
•hanging baskets full of summer flowers
•She found a basket of fruit waiting for her in the hotel room.
•The logs were in a wicker basket next to the fireplace.
•We packed a picnic basket and set off for the beach.
•a cat basket
•a shopping basket