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- dregs [drεgz]
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pl n
solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee
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2.
pl n
residue or remains
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3.
pl n
[Brit]
[slang]
a despicable person
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4.
pl n
[Etymology]
C14 dreg, from Old Norse dregg; compare Icelandic dreggjar dregs, Latin frac
e s oil dregs -
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n
a triple alliance, esp that formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (1882--1915)
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6.
n
[Etymology]
from drei
three + Bund union, alliance
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1.
pl n
solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee
Examples
- the dregs of society
- 社会渣滓 → dregs
- 一小撮祸国殃民的民族败类
- dregs of the nation who wreck the country and ruin the people → 祸国殃民
- 封建余孽
- dregs of feudalism → 余孽
- 溶液的渣滓
- dregs of a solution → 渣滓
- 社会渣滓
- dregs of society → 渣滓
- 制作豆制品的过程中, 要及时清理豆腐渣。
- While making bean products, we should remove the bean dregs at the right time. → 豆腐渣
- 残渣
- dregs → 渣
- 那些人是社会的渣滓。
- Those people are the dregs of society. → 渣滓
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