湖边社【每日一词】Detritus - n. 碎石，岩屑;（尤指某项活动后留下的）废弃物，垃圾；（由于侵蚀形成的）沙砾，沙子，泥沙等；（有机物的）腐质
Definition:n.
1 geology : loose material (such as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration
2a: a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away : DEBRIS
2b: miscellaneous remnants : ODDS AND ENDS
still picking up detritus from the block party
… sifting through the detritus of his childhood …—Michael Tomasky
detrital - adj.
词组｜习惯用语
detritus chamber [建][环境] 沉砂池;detritus equipment 破碎设备;detritus feeder 食腐屑生物
网络短语:
nonluminous detritus 无光岩屑;incandescent detritus 白热岩屑;reef detritus 礁碎屑物; 礁屑;
detritus avalanche 土石崩;zona detritus 废物带; pelitic detritus 泥质沉积物;chamber detritus 碎屑室
Did you know?
If you use detritus in speech, remember to stress the second syllable, as you do in the words arthritis and bronchitis. Once you've mastered its meaning and pronunciation, you’ll find that detritus is a term—originally a geology term referring to loose material, such as broken rock fragments, resulting from disintegration—that can be applied in many situations. After the first hard freeze of fall, gardens are littered with the detritus of summer’s plants and produce: stalks, leaves, vines, and maybe even an abandoned hand trowel. As a flood-swollen river retreats to its banks, it leaves detritus—debris gathered by the raging waters—in its wake. The detritus of civilization may include junkyards and abandoned buildings, while mental detritus may include all kinds of useless trivia. (We’re not saying it qualifies as such, but detritus comes from the Latin root deterere, meaning “to wear away, impair.”)
Synonyms
ashes,debris,flotsam,remains,residue,rubble,ruins,wreck,wreckage
Examples of detritus in a Sentence
the detritus of ancient civilizations
As he packed, he sifted through the detritus of a failed relationship.
The 1,320-pound work depicts an alligator curled around a manhole cover, guarding the detritus of the city — a quarter, a straw, a soda can, a paper bag from McDonald’s.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
Audience members use an item plucked from a junk drawer to gain entry to the space, and that item can then be bartered for shells, corn husks, trinkets and yard sale detritus.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
Among the detritus cleared from gutters and lawns are the future of the state’s forests.
—Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023