dregs的意思

dregs

英式音标[drɛɡz]
美式英标[dregz]

基本解释

n. 渣滓；少量；沉淀物（dreg的复数）

中文词源

dregs 残渣

来自PIE*dher, 使泥泞，淤积，词源同dross.

英文词源

dregs (n.): c. 1300 (implied in surname Dryngedregges), from Old Norse dregg "sediment," from Proto-Germanic *drag- (cognates: Old High German trestir, German Trester "grapeskins, husks"), from PIE *dher- (1) "to make muddy." Replaced Old English cognate dræst, dærst "dregs, lees." Figurative use is from 1530s.

实用例句

1. Colum drained the dregs from his cup.: 科拉姆将杯中所剩一饮而尽。

2. the dregs of society: 社会渣滓

3. I finished the dregs of my tea.: 我把茶的残渣也喝光了.

4. Dregs settled at the bottom of the container.: 渣滓沉淀在容器的底部.

5. Pour the dregs away and rinse the pot.: 倒掉沉渣,把壶涮干净.

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