detritus
detritus 英 [dɪˈtraɪtəs] 美 [dɪˈtraɪtəs]
n. 碎石，[地质] 岩屑
名词复数:detrituss
- There aren't many things more depressing than walking on a beautiful beach and discovering a stretch of it that's covered in detritus. Detritus means trash or debris.
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- n. 碎石，[地质] 岩屑
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1. In the distance, the detritus of a century of oil exploration lines the horizon.
在远方地平线上，矗立着一个世纪以来开采石油产生的碎石堆。
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2. Indeed, once this detritus of our ignorant past has been cleared away, we might see more clearly the nature of good, and pursue it aright at last.
的确，一旦当我们这些琐碎的无知正为过去，我们将看到更加清晰的自然地面目，并且永远追随正确的步伐。
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3. Museums are filled with the beautiful and seductive detritus of power.
博物馆里塞满了华美的引人注目的权利的碎屑。
- detritus (n.) 1795, "process of erosion," from Latin detritus "a wearing away," from detri-, stem of detere "wear away" (see detriment). Geological sense of "matter produced by erosion" is 1802, probably from French detritus; incorrect, in any case.
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