词汇精选：debris的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
散落的碎片，残骸 [U]
例句：
The injured included some children, wounded by debris and rescuers sent them to hospital immediately.
伤者中包括一群儿童在内，这些儿童是被四散飞射的残骸击中而致受伤，救难人员已将他们紧急送医救治。
例句：
After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.
轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
残渣；垃圾；废弃物 [U]
例句：
There are limits to how many lives you can give to a pile of debris.
瓦砾堆被回收利用的次数总是有限的。
例句：
Others are merely accumulations of coral and skeletal debris.
而另一些则仅仅是珊瑚和骸骨碎片的堆积。
二、词义辨析：
waste,garbage,rubbish,litter,debris,junk
这些名词均含“废物，垃圾”之意。waste普通用词，概念广泛，指任何被丢弃的东西。garbage主要指有机废料，包括厨房的剩菜剩饭或不能再用的食物。也可作引申用。rubbish普通用词，指任何成堆的、破损的、用过的或无用的东西，尤指弃掉的垃圾堆。也可作引申用。litter是四下乱丢物品的总称，尤指散落于地，有碍观瞻的废物。debris着重指分解、分裂或破坏后剩下的碎片，也指零散的普通废品。junk指回收的旧汽车或大型机器，也指毫无实用价值，或破烂物体，但不指垃圾。
三、参考例句：
The debris slowly decomposes into compost.
这些垃圾慢慢地分解成了堆肥。
Falling debris rained on us from above.
碎片从上面像雨点儿一样落在我们身上。
After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.
轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
Rainfall had dislodged debris from the slopes of the volcano.
雨水冲走了火山坡面上的岩屑。
The streets are still full of debris from two nights of rioting.
街道上仍到处可见连续两晚的骚乱留下的残迹。
Such estimate of viscosities do give us some concept of the sluggishness of debris flows.
这种对泥石流粘度的估计确实给我们提供了一些泥石流惰性方面的概念。
The injured included some children, wounded by debris and rescuers sent them to hospital immediately.
伤者中包括一群儿童在内，这些儿童是被四散飞射的残骸击中而致受伤，救难人员已将他们紧急送医救治。
One of the characteristics of lava and debris valleys is a U-shaped transverse profile.
熔岩流及泥石流谷的特点之一是横剖面为U型。
Such estimate of viscosities do give us some concept of the sluggishness of debris flows.
这种对泥石流粘度的估计确实给我们提供了一些泥石流惰性方面的概念。
Life vests, luggage and plane debris have also been found off the island of Borneo.
救生衣，行李和飞机残骸也在婆罗洲岛被找到。
