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单词 dreck
释义

dreck

noun

ˈdrek How to pronounce dreck (audio)
variants or less commonly drek
: trash, rubbish

Synonyms

  • chaff
  • deadwood
  • debris
  • dross
  • dust
  • effluvium
  • effluvia
  • garbage
  • junk
  • litter
  • offal
  • offscouring
  • raffle
  • refuse
  • riffraff
  • rubbish
  • scrap
  • spilth
  • trash
  • truck
  • waste
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Example Sentences

The movie was pure dreck. he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain
Recent Examples on the Web Much of his work, then, centers on counterbalancing that deluge of dreck via boosterish content generation, whether blog posts on personal websites or sites like Medium. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 4 June 2022 Offensive dreck, meanwhile, gets and stays published for as long as its commercially viable. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 Jan. 2022 The dreck, not so much. Exhibit A is Simon Property Group (SPG), which created an empire of high-end shopping emporiums in affluent suburbs. Larry Light, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2022 The fact that basically anyone could design and sell hastily coded Atari 2600 games with no interference from or cooperation with Atari led to a game market flooded with shovelware and to clearance bins filled with unsellable dreck. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2021 Frosty, featuring a cameo from Jimmy Durante and the excessive vocal hamminess of the character actor Billy De Wolfe as the bad guy, was cynical dreck. Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2021 There were attacks on a good friend and Bengals fan in Los Angeles, @commissioneryas, about the usual dreck women hear – not being real fans, just trying to attract guys. The Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2021 Beaver fans remember all too often from previous days of defensive dreck. oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2021 Those pieces are irresistible because there is such affection for the dreck seen from the view of someone whose tastes have become more sophisticated. Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish drek & German Dreck, from Middle High German drec; akin to Old English threax rubbish

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

dreck

noun

variants also drek
1
as in garbage
discarded or useless material he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • garbage
  • trash
  • rubbish
  • junk
  • dust
  • dross
  • debris
  • waste
  • refuse
  • sewage
  • offal
  • wash
  • chaff
  • deadwood
  • dump
  • litter
  • effluvium
  • straw
  • effluvia
  • truck
  • riffraff
  • swill
  • crud
  • detritus
  • scrap
  • offscouring
  • raffle
  • rubble
  • spilth
  • flotsam
  • nothing
  • ruins
  • slop
  • trumpery
  • lumber
  • jetsam
  • remains
  • scrap heap
  • castoff
  • throwaway
  • discard
  • wreckage
  • cull
  • reject
  • two bits
  • hand-me-down
  • odds and ends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • treasure
  • trove
  • gem
  • prize
  • jewel
  • plum
  • pearl
  • treasure trove
  • find
  • goodie
  • catch
  • goody
  • valuable
  • salvage
  • booty
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2
as in junk
that which is of low quality or worth can you believe that the gallery owner dares to call that dreck "art"?

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • junk
  • trash
  • tripe
  • rubbish
  • cheese
  • crapola
  • muck
  • claptrap
  • camp
  • nonsense
  • kitsch
  • slop
  • sleaze
  • mess
  • slush
  • lemon
  • stinker
  • bomb
  • humbug
  • clunker
  • dud
  • turkey
  • clinker
  • shambles
  • muddle
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