dross  /dr'ɔs/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  dross
  浮渣,碎屑,渣滓

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Dross \Dross\, n. [AS. dros, fr. dre['o]san to fall. See
     {Dreary}.]
     1. The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls
        from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of
        melting; recrement.
  
     2. Rust of metals. [R.] --Addison.
  
     3. Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the
        better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.
  
              All world's glory is but dross unclean. --Spenser.
  
              At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce
              of dross coats its ounce of gold.     --Lowell.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  dross
       n 1: worthless material that should be removed; "there were
            impurities in the water" [syn: {impurity}]
       2: the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
          [syn: {slag}, {scoria}]

資料來源(4): Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]

  Dross
     the impurities of silver separated from the one in the process
     of melting (Prov. 25:4; 26:23; Ps. 119:119). It is also used to
     denote the base metal itself, probably before it is smelted, in
     Isa. 1:22, 25.