dregs
🇺🇸
/dreɡz/
🇬🇧
/dreɡz/
The tiny bits left at the bottom of a cup or container after the liquid is gone.
I don't like drinking the dregs in my tea cup.
我不喜欢喝我茶杯里的残渣。
The least valuable parts or the leftovers that no one wants.
Only the dregs of the snack box were left, like the broken chips and crumbs.
只剩下零食盒子里的残渣,比如碎薯片和面包屑。
The last remaining parts of something, often the least enjoyable.
At the party, we were left with the dregs of the soda, warm and flat at the bottom of the bottle.
在派对上,我们只剩下瓶子底部温热而平淡的苏打水残渣。