debris

英 [ˈdebriː] 美 [dəˈbriː]

n.  残骸; 碎片; 破片; 残渣; 垃圾; 废弃物

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Collins.2 / BNC.6437 / COCA.4572



牛津词典

noun

  1. 残骸;碎片;破片
    pieces of wood, metal, brick, etc. that are left after sth has been destroyed
    1. Emergency teams are still clearing the debris from the plane crash.
      各抢救小组仍在清理失事飞机的残骸。
  2. 残渣;垃圾;废弃物
    pieces of material that are not wanted and rubbish/garbage that are left somewhere
    1. Clear away leaves and other garden debris from the pond.
      把池塘里的树叶和其他庭园垃圾清除干净。

柯林斯词典

  1. N-UNCOUNT (被毁物的)残骸;碎片;垃圾
    Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around.
    1. I stood at the foot of the collapsed tower and watched the rescue workers sifting through the debris...
      我站在倒塌的高塔脚下,看着救援人员在瓦砾堆中搜寻。
    2. A number of people were killed by flying debris.
      有数人被飞射的碎片击中身亡。

双语例句

  1. He was buried under the debris for several hours.
    他被埋在废墟下面达好几个小时。
  2. Police in the city have been cleaning up the debris left by a day of violent confrontation
    该市警察一直在清理一天的暴力冲突后留下的碎石残砖。
  3. As is the custom, police forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris.
    像往常一样,警方的法医专家对残骸进行了仔细的查看。
  4. I stood at the foot of the collapsed tower and watched the rescue workers sifting through the debris
    我站在倒塌的高塔脚下,看着救援人员在瓦砾堆中搜寻。
  5. A number of people were killed by flying debris.
    有数人被飞射的碎片击中身亡。
  6. The debris slowly decomposes into compost
    这些垃圾慢慢地分解成了堆肥。
  7. Rainfall had dislodged debris from the slopes of the volcano
    雨水冲走了火山坡面上的岩屑。
  8. The streets are still full of debris from two nights of rioting.
    街道上仍到处可见连续两晚的骚乱留下的残迹。
  9. Forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris.
    法医专家对残骸进行了极其仔细的搜索。
  10. Dogs root in the debris at the roadside.
    狗在路边的垃圾里觅食。
  11. Others were unlucky victims of falling debris.
    其他人都是不幸为坠落的瓦砾残片所伤。
  12. Spencer waded through the debris of broken chairs and beer bottles
    斯潘塞艰难地迈过一堆破椅子和碎啤酒瓶。
  13. After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.
    轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  14. Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth, causing decay.
    细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
  15. Eventually, he installed iron tracks and a mine car to transport debris.
    后来,他安装了铁轨和矿车来输送碎片。
  16. A thick layer of dust and debris covered the stairs.
    厚厚的尘土和废墟覆盖着楼梯。
  17. Runoff and debris from land are choking the ocean and creating dead zones where life cannot exist.
    陆地径流及污染物堵塞了海洋并制造了生命无法生存的死亡地带。
  18. That's one way we could deal with the debris of satellites and spacecrafts.
    那就是我们处理宇宙飞船和卫星垃圾的一种方法。
  19. The slow movement of rock debris and soil down a weathered slope.
    蠕动岩石碎片和土壤沿着受风雨侵蚀的滑坡向下缓慢移动风雨侵蚀了山坡的土壤。
  20. Heaps of debris buried roads and houses.
    堆积物掩埋了道路和房屋。
  21. What causes landslides and debris flows
    什么引起了滑坡与泥石流
  22. The destructive Wenchuan Earthquake induced massive landslide, collapse, debris flow and other geological disasters.
    汶川大地震地动山摇,引发了大量的滑坡、崩塌、泥石流等地质灾害。
  23. Various personal belongings were found in the debris.
    残骸中发现了各种各样的人物品。
  24. We have falling debris! We need help.
    有很多碎片落下来了!我们需要帮助。
  25. The tsunami destroyed the earthen banks of the fishponds and filled the ponds with debris and often-toxic silt.
    海啸破坏了鱼塘的土筑堤坝,将池中灌满了残片和往往是有毒的淤泥。
  26. Rainstorms triggered numerous slope debris flows with great damage to highways and rivers in the past two years.
    在过去的两年内暴雨引发大量的坡面泥石流,对山区公路和河流造成危害尤为严重。
  27. The tide ebbed away, leaving behind seaweed and debris.
    潮退了,剩下的都是海草和瓦砾。
  28. NASA emerged with two articles offering excuses for satellite failure and increasing debris from the tail of Planet X.
    NASA出现了两篇文章,为卫星故障和越来越多的来自X星尾部的碎片提供了借口。
  29. I finished analyzing the debris that I vacuumed from the shooting range gravel.
    我完成了对射击场砂砾中找到的残骸的分析。
  30. This article introduces the feasibility test of laser-driven debris.
    文章介绍了激光驱动微小碎片技术的可行性研究试验。

同义词辨析

  garbage debris junk litter rubbish waste【导航词义:废弃物,垃圾】

  garbage n. 〈尤美〉垃圾,废弃物

〔辨析〕多指生活中的有机废料,如废纸、包装盒、剩饭剩菜或变质的食物等。

〔例证〕
Tom went to dump the garbage.
汤姆去倒垃圾。
Garbage pollutes our rivers and lakes.
垃圾污染我们的河川湖泊。

  debris n. 〈正式〉垃圾;残渣;废弃物

〔辨析〕指某处堆积的垃圾或某种材料无用的碎渣、碎片等。

〔例证〕
The ditches had filled up with mud and debris.
沟渠中塞满了淤泥和垃圾。
Was the debris removed in your presence?
你在现场时,碎渣等垃圾是否清除掉了?

  junk n. 破烂,废旧杂物

〔辨析〕指没有用处、毫无价值的废旧物品。

〔例证〕
There is a heap of junk in the corner.
墙角有一堆废旧杂物。
He threw away all the junk in the boot of his car.
他把汽车行李箱中所有废旧杂物都扔掉了。

  litter n. 垃圾,废弃物

〔辨析〕尤指在公共场所散落于地、有碍观瞻的废弃物。

〔例证〕
Don't drop litter anywhere.
请不要乱扔垃圾。
There were piles of litter in the streets.
街道上垃圾成堆。

  rubbish n. 〈尤英〉垃圾,废弃物

〔辨析〕普通用词,指扔掉的食物、废纸等;也可指任何不再使用而应该扔掉的东西,但作此义解时多用于非正式文体。

〔例证〕
They burnt up all the garden rubbish.
他们将花园中的垃圾全部烧掉了。
The dustman comes once a week to collect the rubbish.
垃圾工每周来收一次垃圾。
Oh God, he's got so much rubbish on his desk!
天哪,他桌上有那么多垃圾!

  waste n. 废弃物,废料

〔辨析〕普通用词,多指已无使用价值的材料或陈旧的、破损的物品,也可指任何被丢弃之物。

〔例证〕
household/industrial waste
家庭垃圾/工业废料
Put all the waste in this bag.
把所有垃圾放进这只袋子里。
They disposed of the city's waste in the sea.
他们把城里的垃圾倒入海中。

英英释义

noun

  1. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

      Synonym:    dustjunkrubbledetritus