Definition of dregs in English:

dregs

plural noundrɛɡzdrɛɡz

1The remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment.
残渣
coffee dregs
咖啡残渣。
Example sentencesExamples
- This fits directly below the machine, holds a container for coffee dregs and has space for a number of cups and saucers as well as filters and other accessories, all of which are dishwasher-proof.
- Why, he couldn't discern… he took a gulp of tea until only the dregs remained.
- He downed the last of the coffee in one, closed the newspaper, rinsed the dregs out of the cup, and contemplated - not for the first time - that maybe he thought too much.
- He drained the last of his coffee dregs and got up.
- When the cheese is used up, the dregs are allowed to brown on the bottom of the container and then scraped off and shared.
- The violin has a sensual sound just like cafe mocha has a sensual taste - but like the bitter dregs at the bottom of a coffee cup, even the most soothing minstrels are a little harsh on the ears after, say, an hour.
- ‘Coffee ladies’ read fortunes in the dregs of a cup of coffee.
- He swigged the dregs of his coffee, wiped the back of his hand across his moustache and typed in the headline.
- I swigged the dregs of my coke, crunching what remained of the ice cubes.
- The mug went down with a thud upon the thick wooden table, the remaining dregs never to be touched again.
- Celly swallowed the bitter dregs of her coffee and tapped the phone against her thigh.
- ‘Oh well,’ I say, draining the dregs of my coffee.
- After draining the last few dregs of his coffee his watch told him it was almost 8: 00.
- Greeks also ‘knock wood’ to guard against misfortune, and reading one's fortunes in the patterns of coffee dregs remains popular.
- Adam threw away the dregs of his coffee and turned back to the house as the sound of Joseph's laugh trickled like sweet music through the stillness.
- ‘Well,’ he said, swishing the dregs of his coffee around in the glass contemplatively.
Synonyms
sediment, deposit, residue, remains, accumulation
slops, sludge
scum, debris, dross, detritus, refuse
lees, grounds, scourings
technical precipitate, sublimate, residuum, settlings, alluvium
literary draff
archaic grouts
1. 1.1 The most worthless part or parts of something.
  〈喻〉渣滓
  the dregs of society
  社会渣滓。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The rest of us split up into pairs - me and Joanna, Mac and Miss Halden - and headed back to my place, trying to look inconspicuous when in fact we looked like the dregs of an army division after three days' combat.
  Whether it's an abandoned junkyard, the homestead of a strange couple, a society of dregs, even the Dunn property itself, each locale adds a new bit of depth to the story and tactility to the atmosphere.
  The political landscape may not have been irretrievably transformed, but we at last have a breed of politicians who have a chance to prove they can do better than ‘the dregs of society’.
  His 30-year career of hunting down society's dregs had apparently endowed him with the right to be both judge and jury.
  We are dropouts from society, useless dregs who make no contribution, so it is inevitable that people will look at us strangely and with contempt.
  She couldn't imagine going back to tending bar for the dregs of society.
  They are the dregs of humanity - the absolute scum of the earth - who see someone with a different colour of skin as a target for death.
  Eventually, these prison craft shops could be turning out all sorts of reasonably priced decorating goods, under Martha's label, while giving the dregs of society a valuable trade.
  The film is so good at anti-glamour that it made me question my fondness for other movies about society's dregs.
  These were mostly the dregs of society, the very poor, the crippled, the refugees and vagrants, the streetwalkers, the so-called witches, and all other manner of wretched folk.
  Others are, quite frankly, the dregs of society.
  It is an impressive accumulation of human dregs though.
  That's why you built your career on defending the dregs of society.
  Going out to face whoever was in the streets had to be better than staying in here with these dregs of human society.
  He was dressed like he had spent his life growing up in the dregs of society, but that was to be expected considering where we were coming from - it was less suspicious walking around dressed like we were.
  Easy as it would be to dismiss them as fools or worse, they are not the dregs of society but instead the wrong people in the wrong circumstance.
  All police officers must encounter some of the dregs of society in their careers but the work of this department surely tests one's faith in human kind.
  Only small dregs of underwater grass and seaweed remained… and the ground smelled heavily of salt.
  At one end are public figures whilst at the other are the dregs of society.
  But yeah, cop shows - especially those that purport to be ‘gritty’ - are nearly always about the hero keeping us safe from society's lower dregs.
  Synonyms
  scum, refuse
  rabble, vermin
  down-and-outs, good-for-nothings, outcasts, deadbeats, tramps, vagrants
  the underclass, the untouchables, the lowest of the low, the great unwashed, the hoi polloi, the ragtag (and bobtail), the canaille
  informal riff-raff, Z-list, trash, dossers

Derivatives

dreggy

adjective ˈdrɛɡiˈdrɛɡi

This kind of stuff can happen, and even then quite rarely, on the dreggy squads of the league.
Example sentencesExamples
- From her point of view, Maya could see that Jenny had lost the lively glow of tan on her skin and now looked dull and dreggy.
- Is our society so dreggy?
- The principle of making wine by distillation is to continuously heat the dreggy wine to its boiling point so as to evaporate the alcoholic ingredient.

Origin

Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish drägg (plural).

Definition of dregs in US English:

dregs

plural noundrɛɡzdreɡz

1The remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment or grounds.
残渣
coffee dregs
咖啡残渣。
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Coffee ladies’ read fortunes in the dregs of a cup of coffee.
- I swigged the dregs of my coke, crunching what remained of the ice cubes.
- Adam threw away the dregs of his coffee and turned back to the house as the sound of Joseph's laugh trickled like sweet music through the stillness.
- ‘Well,’ he said, swishing the dregs of his coffee around in the glass contemplatively.
- ‘Oh well,’ I say, draining the dregs of my coffee.
- This fits directly below the machine, holds a container for coffee dregs and has space for a number of cups and saucers as well as filters and other accessories, all of which are dishwasher-proof.
- He drained the last of his coffee dregs and got up.
- When the cheese is used up, the dregs are allowed to brown on the bottom of the container and then scraped off and shared.
- Celly swallowed the bitter dregs of her coffee and tapped the phone against her thigh.
- He downed the last of the coffee in one, closed the newspaper, rinsed the dregs out of the cup, and contemplated - not for the first time - that maybe he thought too much.
- Greeks also ‘knock wood’ to guard against misfortune, and reading one's fortunes in the patterns of coffee dregs remains popular.
- After draining the last few dregs of his coffee his watch told him it was almost 8: 00.
- The violin has a sensual sound just like cafe mocha has a sensual taste - but like the bitter dregs at the bottom of a coffee cup, even the most soothing minstrels are a little harsh on the ears after, say, an hour.
- Why, he couldn't discern… he took a gulp of tea until only the dregs remained.
- He swigged the dregs of his coffee, wiped the back of his hand across his moustache and typed in the headline.
- The mug went down with a thud upon the thick wooden table, the remaining dregs never to be touched again.
Synonyms
sediment, deposit, residue, remains, accumulation
1. 1.1 The most worthless part or parts of something.
  〈喻〉渣滓
  the dregs of society
  社会渣滓。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Only small dregs of underwater grass and seaweed remained… and the ground smelled heavily of salt.
  That's why you built your career on defending the dregs of society.
  At one end are public figures whilst at the other are the dregs of society.
  But yeah, cop shows - especially those that purport to be ‘gritty’ - are nearly always about the hero keeping us safe from society's lower dregs.
  Easy as it would be to dismiss them as fools or worse, they are not the dregs of society but instead the wrong people in the wrong circumstance.
  All police officers must encounter some of the dregs of society in their careers but the work of this department surely tests one's faith in human kind.
  Others are, quite frankly, the dregs of society.
  It is an impressive accumulation of human dregs though.
  He was dressed like he had spent his life growing up in the dregs of society, but that was to be expected considering where we were coming from - it was less suspicious walking around dressed like we were.
  The film is so good at anti-glamour that it made me question my fondness for other movies about society's dregs.
  The political landscape may not have been irretrievably transformed, but we at last have a breed of politicians who have a chance to prove they can do better than ‘the dregs of society’.
  Eventually, these prison craft shops could be turning out all sorts of reasonably priced decorating goods, under Martha's label, while giving the dregs of society a valuable trade.
  His 30-year career of hunting down society's dregs had apparently endowed him with the right to be both judge and jury.
  They are the dregs of humanity - the absolute scum of the earth - who see someone with a different colour of skin as a target for death.
  The rest of us split up into pairs - me and Joanna, Mac and Miss Halden - and headed back to my place, trying to look inconspicuous when in fact we looked like the dregs of an army division after three days' combat.
  Going out to face whoever was in the streets had to be better than staying in here with these dregs of human society.
  Whether it's an abandoned junkyard, the homestead of a strange couple, a society of dregs, even the Dunn property itself, each locale adds a new bit of depth to the story and tactility to the atmosphere.
  She couldn't imagine going back to tending bar for the dregs of society.
  These were mostly the dregs of society, the very poor, the crippled, the refugees and vagrants, the streetwalkers, the so-called witches, and all other manner of wretched folk.
  We are dropouts from society, useless dregs who make no contribution, so it is inevitable that people will look at us strangely and with contempt.
  Synonyms
  scum, refuse

Origin

Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish drägg (plural).

词汇	dregs
释义	Definition of dregs in English: dregs plural noundrɛɡzdrɛɡz 1The remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment. 残渣 coffee dregs 咖啡残渣。 Example sentencesExamples This fits directly below the machine, holds a container for coffee dregs and has space for a number of cups and saucers as well as filters and other accessories, all of which are dishwasher-proof. Why, he couldn't discern… he took a gulp of tea until only the dregs remained. He downed the last of the coffee in one, closed the newspaper, rinsed the dregs out of the cup, and contemplated - not for the first time - that maybe he thought too much. He drained the last of his coffee dregs and got up. When the cheese is used up, the dregs are allowed to brown on the bottom of the container and then scraped off and shared. The violin has a sensual sound just like cafe mocha has a sensual taste - but like the bitter dregs at the bottom of a coffee cup, even the most soothing minstrels are a little harsh on the ears after, say, an hour. ‘Coffee ladies’ read fortunes in the dregs of a cup of coffee. He swigged the dregs of his coffee, wiped the back of his hand across his moustache and typed in the headline. I swigged the dregs of my coke, crunching what remained of the ice cubes. The mug went down with a thud upon the thick wooden table, the remaining dregs never to be touched again. Celly swallowed the bitter dregs of her coffee and tapped the phone against her thigh. ‘Oh well,’ I say, draining the dregs of my coffee. After draining the last few dregs of his coffee his watch told him it was almost 8: 00. Greeks also ‘knock wood’ to guard against misfortune, and reading one's fortunes in the patterns of coffee dregs remains popular. Adam threw away the dregs of his coffee and turned back to the house as the sound of Joseph's laugh trickled like sweet music through the stillness. ‘Well,’ he said, swishing the dregs of his coffee around in the glass contemplatively. Synonyms sediment, deposit, residue, remains, accumulation slops, sludge scum, debris, dross, detritus, refuse lees, grounds, scourings technical precipitate, sublimate, residuum, settlings, alluvium literary draff archaic grouts 1.1 The most worthless part or parts of something. 〈喻〉渣滓 the dregs of society 社会渣滓。 Example sentencesExamples The rest of us split up into pairs - me and Joanna, Mac and Miss Halden - and headed back to my place, trying to look inconspicuous when in fact we looked like the dregs of an army division after three days' combat. Whether it's an abandoned junkyard, the homestead of a strange couple, a society of dregs, even the Dunn property itself, each locale adds a new bit of depth to the story and tactility to the atmosphere. The political landscape may not have been irretrievably transformed, but we at last have a breed of politicians who have a chance to prove they can do better than ‘the dregs of society’. His 30-year career of hunting down society's dregs had apparently endowed him with the right to be both judge and jury. We are dropouts from society, useless dregs who make no contribution, so it is inevitable that people will look at us strangely and with contempt. She couldn't imagine going back to tending bar for the dregs of society. They are the dregs of humanity - the absolute scum of the earth - who see someone with a different colour of skin as a target for death. Eventually, these prison craft shops could be turning out all sorts of reasonably priced decorating goods, under Martha's label, while giving the dregs of society a valuable trade. The film is so good at anti-glamour that it made me question my fondness for other movies about society's dregs. These were mostly the dregs of society, the very poor, the crippled, the refugees and vagrants, the streetwalkers, the so-called witches, and all other manner of wretched folk. Others are, quite frankly, the dregs of society. It is an impressive accumulation of human dregs though. That's why you built your career on defending the dregs of society. Going out to face whoever was in the streets had to be better than staying in here with these dregs of human society. He was dressed like he had spent his life growing up in the dregs of society, but that was to be expected considering where we were coming from - it was less suspicious walking around dressed like we were. Easy as it would be to dismiss them as fools or worse, they are not the dregs of society but instead the wrong people in the wrong circumstance. All police officers must encounter some of the dregs of society in their careers but the work of this department surely tests one's faith in human kind. Only small dregs of underwater grass and seaweed remained… and the ground smelled heavily of salt. At one end are public figures whilst at the other are the dregs of society. But yeah, cop shows - especially those that purport to be ‘gritty’ - are nearly always about the hero keeping us safe from society's lower dregs. Synonyms scum, refuse rabble, vermin down-and-outs, good-for-nothings, outcasts, deadbeats, tramps, vagrants the underclass, the untouchables, the lowest of the low, the great unwashed, the hoi polloi, the ragtag (and bobtail), the canaille informal riff-raff, Z-list, trash, dossers Derivatives dreggy adjective ˈdrɛɡiˈdrɛɡi This kind of stuff can happen, and even then quite rarely, on the dreggy squads of the league. Example sentencesExamples From her point of view, Maya could see that Jenny had lost the lively glow of tan on her skin and now looked dull and dreggy. Is our society so dreggy? The principle of making wine by distillation is to continuously heat the dreggy wine to its boiling point so as to evaporate the alcoholic ingredient. Origin Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish drägg (plural). Definition of dregs in US English: dregs plural noundrɛɡzdreɡz 1The remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment or grounds. 残渣 coffee dregs 咖啡残渣。 Example sentencesExamples ‘Coffee ladies’ read fortunes in the dregs of a cup of coffee. I swigged the dregs of my coke, crunching what remained of the ice cubes. Adam threw away the dregs of his coffee and turned back to the house as the sound of Joseph's laugh trickled like sweet music through the stillness. ‘Well,’ he said, swishing the dregs of his coffee around in the glass contemplatively. ‘Oh well,’ I say, draining the dregs of my coffee. This fits directly below the machine, holds a container for coffee dregs and has space for a number of cups and saucers as well as filters and other accessories, all of which are dishwasher-proof. He drained the last of his coffee dregs and got up. When the cheese is used up, the dregs are allowed to brown on the bottom of the container and then scraped off and shared. Celly swallowed the bitter dregs of her coffee and tapped the phone against her thigh. He downed the last of the coffee in one, closed the newspaper, rinsed the dregs out of the cup, and contemplated - not for the first time - that maybe he thought too much. Greeks also ‘knock wood’ to guard against misfortune, and reading one's fortunes in the patterns of coffee dregs remains popular. After draining the last few dregs of his coffee his watch told him it was almost 8: 00. The violin has a sensual sound just like cafe mocha has a sensual taste - but like the bitter dregs at the bottom of a coffee cup, even the most soothing minstrels are a little harsh on the ears after, say, an hour. Why, he couldn't discern… he took a gulp of tea until only the dregs remained. He swigged the dregs of his coffee, wiped the back of his hand across his moustache and typed in the headline. The mug went down with a thud upon the thick wooden table, the remaining dregs never to be touched again. Synonyms sediment, deposit, residue, remains, accumulation 1.1 The most worthless part or parts of something. 〈喻〉渣滓 the dregs of society 社会渣滓。 Example sentencesExamples Only small dregs of underwater grass and seaweed remained… and the ground smelled heavily of salt. That's why you built your career on defending the dregs of society. At one end are public figures whilst at the other are the dregs of society. But yeah, cop shows - especially those that purport to be ‘gritty’ - are nearly always about the hero keeping us safe from society's lower dregs. Easy as it would be to dismiss them as fools or worse, they are not the dregs of society but instead the wrong people in the wrong circumstance. All police officers must encounter some of the dregs of society in their careers but the work of this department surely tests one's faith in human kind. Others are, quite frankly, the dregs of society. It is an impressive accumulation of human dregs though. He was dressed like he had spent his life growing up in the dregs of society, but that was to be expected considering where we were coming from - it was less suspicious walking around dressed like we were. The film is so good at anti-glamour that it made me question my fondness for other movies about society's dregs. The political landscape may not have been irretrievably transformed, but we at last have a breed of politicians who have a chance to prove they can do better than ‘the dregs of society’. Eventually, these prison craft shops could be turning out all sorts of reasonably priced decorating goods, under Martha's label, while giving the dregs of society a valuable trade. His 30-year career of hunting down society's dregs had apparently endowed him with the right to be both judge and jury. They are the dregs of humanity - the absolute scum of the earth - who see someone with a different colour of skin as a target for death. The rest of us split up into pairs - me and Joanna, Mac and Miss Halden - and headed back to my place, trying to look inconspicuous when in fact we looked like the dregs of an army division after three days' combat. Going out to face whoever was in the streets had to be better than staying in here with these dregs of human society. Whether it's an abandoned junkyard, the homestead of a strange couple, a society of dregs, even the Dunn property itself, each locale adds a new bit of depth to the story and tactility to the atmosphere. She couldn't imagine going back to tending bar for the dregs of society. These were mostly the dregs of society, the very poor, the crippled, the refugees and vagrants, the streetwalkers, the so-called witches, and all other manner of wretched folk. We are dropouts from society, useless dregs who make no contribution, so it is inevitable that people will look at us strangely and with contempt. Synonyms scum, refuse Origin Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish drägg (plural).
随便看	be in the right be in the running be in the saddle be in the same boat be in the same boat be in the same category as be in the same class as be in the same league as be in the secret be in the service of be in the vanguard of be in the van of be in the wars be in the wars be in the wind be in the wings be intimate be intimate (with) be intimate with be intimidated by be into be intolerant towards be in touch be intrinsic to be introduced to