| 词汇 | dross |
| 释义 | dross noun[ U ] mainly UKuk /drɒs/ us /drɑːs/ something that has no use or no value: 废物，无用之物 So much of what's on TV is pure dross.电视上演的多是垃圾。 We read all the manuscripts but 95 percent are dross.我们把所有的手稿都读了一遍，但其中的95%都没有价值。 Rubbish and waste activated sludge anti-litter anti-littering debris dejunk garbage disposal gubbins high-level waste influent jetsam litter muck rubbish sewerage shavings skip diving slag spoil tat white elephant You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not of good quality Examples of drossdross One wonders who, part from libraries, will pay for a good deal of dross that includes a few plums. This included much that would conventionally be regarded as dross. Even the best search strategy on a topic will still find a huge amount of dross. Distracted by these displays of 'innovation', we ignore at our peril the production of dross that goes on anyway. Or, better stated: there is no dross, there is no gold. More archival document than edited publication, the reader encounters both dross and riches. I do know how to rake the dross and pour metal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have seen the consequences of that on the "dross"—a word used by local newspapers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He used the terms "human sewage"and"dross" in referring to asylum seekers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The leader of the housing committee there went on record as saying that he was opposed to the "dumping of dross" in his area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was the average figure received for small and great—averaging the dross with the larger coal—for all the coal produced at this particular collery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In any case, since this balance consisted of such inferior fuel as unscreened opencast and slacks, dross, slurry, etc. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All has been gold; there has been no dross, so he will have to deal with practically every point that has been raised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who are the people to whom he refers to as dross? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not clean our kitchens by collecting the dross under the mats, so why should we treat the country like a collection of mats? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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