单词 | residue |
释义 | residue (once / 1597 pages) n Residue is anything that's left over when a substance has been removed, like the grease left over on a frying pan. It can also mean, simply, "remainder." When residue refers to a liquid, it’s what’s left at the bottom of a bottle, a pot, or a can after the rest has been poured out. Legally, the residue is the remainder of the money in an estate, after bills and taxes have been paid. So if your millionaire aunt leaves you her estate, but didn’t pay any bills for the last ten years, you may not get much residue! WORD FAMILYresidue: residual, residuary, residues+/residual: residually, residuals USAGE EXAMPLESDiscarded plastic bottles containing meth-making residue are dangerous to handle. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Abdullah stole another look at his fingers, and was annoyed to see them once more smudged with residue from the counterfeit book. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) But the inspector acknowledged that the residue of zero-tolerance policing lingers. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n matter that remains after something has been removed Hypo|Hyper crackling, greaves the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered ashthe residue that remains when something is burned cotton cake, cottonseed cakethe solid matter remaining after oil has been pressed from cottonseeds dottlethe residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking fly ashfine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted bone ashash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china matter that which has mass and occupies space 2n something left after other parts have been taken away Syn|Hypo|Hyper balance, remainder, residual, residuum, rest leftover, remnant a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists component, component part, constituent, part, portion something determined in relation to something that includes it |
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