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dross /drɒs $ drɑːs, drɒːs/ noun [uncountable] 1 BADsomething that is of very low quality 劣质品，蹩脚货 Most of the poems were pretentious dross. 这些诗大部分都是矫饰的俗烂之作。2 USELESSwaste or useless substances 废料，渣滓 gold with impurities or dross 含杂质的黄金Examples from the Corpusdross• Pupils here in the fifth year are generally thought to be dross.• Masterpieces of compression, they resonate with the concentrated power that can create diamonds from dross.• In other words, our enriched material is more than half dross.• In places the dross almost brushed the roof.Origin dross Old English drosdross nounChinese Corpus is something that of low quality very |