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单词 nurdle
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Definition of nurdle in English:

nurdle

nounˈnəːd(ə)lˈnərdl
usually nurdles
  • A very small pellet of plastic which serves as raw material in the manufacture of plastic products.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The problem with nurdles specifically is at least two-fold.
    • One study estimated that nurdles now account for 10 percent of plastic ocean debris.
    • Hundreds of millions of tiny plastic pellets, or nurdles, are lost or spilled every year, working their way into the sea.
    • Approximately 60 billion pounds of nurdles are manufactured annually in the United States alone.
    • Moore collected baseball-size gelatinous animals called salps and found their translucent tissues clogged with bits of monofilament fishing line and nurdles.
    • "Mermaids' tears" are small plastic pellets of waste (also known as nurdles) that wash up on beaches and look like plastic fish eggs.
    • Japanese researchers are finding high concentrations of deadly chemicals clinging to floating, tapioca-size plastic pellets called ‘nurdles’.

Origin

1990s: origin uncertain.

Rhymes

curdle, engirdle, girdle, hurdle
 
 

Definition of nurdle in US English:

nurdle

nounˈnərdl
usually nurdles
  • A very small pellet of plastic which serves as raw material in the manufacture of plastic products.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Japanese researchers are finding high concentrations of deadly chemicals clinging to floating, tapioca-size plastic pellets called ‘nurdles’.
    • "Mermaids' tears" are small plastic pellets of waste (also known as nurdles) that wash up on beaches and look like plastic fish eggs.
    • Moore collected baseball-size gelatinous animals called salps and found their translucent tissues clogged with bits of monofilament fishing line and nurdles.
    • Hundreds of millions of tiny plastic pellets, or nurdles, are lost or spilled every year, working their way into the sea.
    • The problem with nurdles specifically is at least two-fold.
    • Approximately 60 billion pounds of nurdles are manufactured annually in the United States alone.
    • One study estimated that nurdles now account for 10 percent of plastic ocean debris.

Origin

1990s: origin uncertain.

 
 
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