dross
noun/drɒs/
/drɑːs/
[uncountable]- (especially British English) something of very low quality; the least valuable part of something
劣质品；糟粕 - mass-produced dross
成批生产的劣质品 - The well-written dialogue separates this film from the usual teenage dross.
精心撰写的对话将这部电影与一般的劣质青春片区分开来。 - He considered the working class to be the dross of society.
他认为工人阶级是社会的渣滓。
- mass-produced dross
- (specialist) a waste substance, especially that separated from a metal when it is melted
废料；（尤指金属熔化的）浮渣 - The fire burns away the dross leaving the pure metal.
火烧掉了渣滓，留下纯净的金属。
- The fire burns away the dross leaving the pure metal.
Word OriginOld English drōs (in the sense ‘scum on molten metal’); related to Dutch droesem and German Drusen ‘dregs, lees’.