Detritus



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.碎屑
• ［英］ n.碎屑 ( loose fragments and grains from rock)
• ［类］ 反义词: valuable product ( 有价值的产品)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural detritus)

• Etymology: French détritus, from Latin detritus, past participle of deterere
• Date: 1802
• 1. loose material (as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration
• 2.
  • a. a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away ; debris
  • b. miscellaneous remnants ; odds and ends <sifting through the detritus of his childhood — Michael Tomasky>
• ? detrital adjective

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