bas‧ket S3 / bɑskət, bɑskɪt $ bæ- / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a container made of thin pieces of plastic, wire, or wood woven together, used to carry things or put things in :

a shopping basket

a basket full of vegetables

clothes/laundry basket (= for dirty clothes )

2 a net with a hole at the bottom, attached to a metal ring, through which the ball is thrown in basketball

make/shoot a basket (= to throw the ball through the basket )

3 technical the average or total value of a number of different goods or currencies

→ put all your eggs in one basket at egg 1 ( 6 ) , → wastepaper basket

COLLOCATIONS

types of basket

a wastepaper/waste basket (= for paper you throw away ) He threw her letter in the wastepaper basket.

a laundry/clothes basket (= for dirty clothes ) Will you please put your socks in the laundry basket?

a shopping basket She paid for the apples and put them in her shopping basket.

a picnic basket We took a picnic basket and a rug.

a bread basket (= for serving bread ) There was a bread basket on the table.

a fruit basket (= containing fruits ) He had a fruit basket sent up to her hotel room.

a hanging basket (= for putting plants in and hanging outside ) All the shops had hanging baskets outside their doors.

a wicker basket (= made from the hard stems of a plant ) She stores her vegetables in pretty wicker baskets.