Debris



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 废墟, 残骸
• ［英］ n. 废墟, 残骸 ( rough, broken bits and pieces of stone, wood, glass after destruction; rubble)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural debris)

• Etymology: French débris, from Middle French, from debriser to break to pieces, from Old French debrisier, from de- + brisier to break, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish brisid he breaks; perhaps akin to Latin fricare to rub — more at friction
• Date: 1708
• 1. the remains of something broken down or destroyed
• 2. an accumulation of fragments of rock
• 3. something discarded ; rubbish

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