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dregs

US // (drɛɡz) //

渣滓,糟粕,矿渣,渣子

Related Words

residue残留物,残余物,残留,残余lees酒糟,酒渣,酒精,酒渣滓dirt污垢,污物,泥土,尘土slag矿渣,炉渣,熔渣,渣渣waste浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃settlings定居点,定居,定居者,安置deposits存款,矿床,矿藏,存款额outcast被抛弃的人,弃儿,被抛弃者,被遗弃者riffraff暴发户,扯皮的人,扯皮者,裂纹rabble胡说八道,胡言乱语,乌合之众,胡说乱道loser失败者,败者,输家,败者为王scum人渣,浮渣,败类,渣滓trash垃圾,垃圾桶,垃圾箱,垃圾处理draff糟粕,糟透了,糟蹋,糟蹋了

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee
    • : residue or remains
    • : British slang a despicable person

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsediment
Synonyms
deposits存款,矿床,矿藏,存款额dirt污垢,污物,泥土,尘土lees酒糟,酒渣,酒精,酒渣滓residue残留物,残余物,残留,残余settlings定居点,定居,定居者,安置slag矿渣,炉渣,熔渣,渣渣waste浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃draff糟粕,糟透了,糟蹋,糟蹋了
nounbad person
Synonyms
loser失败者,败者,输家,败者为王outcast被抛弃的人,弃儿,被抛弃者,被遗弃者rabble胡说八道,胡言乱语,乌合之众,胡说乱道riffraff暴发户,扯皮的人,扯皮者,裂纹scum人渣,浮渣,败类,渣滓trash垃圾,垃圾桶,垃圾箱,垃圾处理

Examples

  • All the good stuff—the Oscar bait—comes out in November or December; the dregs are reserved for January and February.

  • They are not interested in the dregs from my stash of clothes.

  • Having drunk the Clinton Global Initiative to the dregs, a hopey-changey hangover ensues.

  • The fish dies and is brought back to life—along with grandpa—with the dregs of a bag of chips.

  • The royal family, imprisoned in the Tuileries, were each day drinking of the cup of humiliation to its lowest dregs.

  • Did this little man really know as much as he pretended, or was he merely fumbling around in the dregs of a forgotten past?

  • They come into power flushed with success, and are themselves the very dregs of radicalism.

  • My kinsman did not observe the loss, but, once more throwing back his head, drained the remainder to the dregs.

  • This same bitter cup is filled for your own lips, and you must drink it to the dregs.

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