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detritus n.碎石；碎屑 (1) 粘土荒漠上的植物和碎石荒漠上的植物相似。(2) 岩屑通常是由砂砾、沙和粘土组成的。(3) 一个河道刚被切割了不久，很快又被它自己的碎屑物质所充塞。 Usually, detritus refers to waste or junk of some kind, but it can actually mean any accumulation of material, not only man-made stuff. Loose gravel, silt, and sand can all be called detritus, and so can decomposed organic matter, like piles of dead leaves. The Latin word detritus literally means "a wearing away."

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英 [dɪ'traɪtəs] 美 [dɪ'traɪtəs] (1) Flora of clay desert is similar to that of detritus desert.(2) Detritus usually consists of gravel, sand and clay.(3) A channel is no sooner cut than it chokes in its own detritus. 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. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]残余物；狼藉 Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something has been used.   [with supp]  [FORMAL 正式]...the detritus of war.战争留下的断壁残垣

英语单词	detritus
英美音标	英 [dɪ'traɪtəs] 美 [dɪ'traɪtəs]
中文释义	n.碎石；碎屑
英语例句	(1) Flora of clay desert is similar to that of detritus desert. (2) Detritus usually consists of gravel, sand and clay. (3) A channel is no sooner cut than it chokes in its own detritus.
中文例句	(1) 粘土荒漠上的植物和碎石荒漠上的植物相似。 (2) 岩屑通常是由砂砾、沙和粘土组成的。 (3) 一个河道刚被切割了不久，很快又被它自己的碎屑物质所充塞。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	Usually, detritus refers to waste or junk of some kind, but it can actually mean any accumulation of material, not only man-made stuff. Loose gravel, silt, and sand can all be called detritus, and so can decomposed organic matter, like piles of dead leaves. The Latin word detritus literally means "a wearing away."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]残余物；狼藉 Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something has been used. [with supp] [FORMAL 正式] ...the detritus of war. 战争留下的断壁残垣

Detritus Gravel Sand Means 英 Dɪ'Traɪtəs] 美 Dɪ'Traɪtəs N.碎石；碎屑