detritus

C1

n. 碎石 [医] 腐质, 碎屑

发音

US /dɪˈtɹaɪ.təs/

词形变化

detrita 复数 detrita

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.

    岩屑

    可数 地质 不可数
  2. 2.

    Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.

    不可数 生物
  3. 3.

    Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material.

    不可数 引申义
  4. 4.

    Rock consisting of accumulated debris from decayed rocks, like sand, that often is joined by cement.

    不可数

词汇关系

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin dētrītus (“(that which is) rubbed away”), from dēterō (“rub away”).

来源:wiktionary