单词详解 | residue

residue
音标
英音/ ˈrezɪdjuː / 美音/ ˈrezɪduː /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
The wine industry’s residue is transformed into ethanol, then converted into useable fuel.
葡萄酒工业的残渣被转化为乙醇,然后转化为可用燃料。
BBC

People look for any remaining recyclables before the “residue” goes to the trash.
人们在“残留物”进入垃圾桶之前寻找剩余的可回收物。
Washington Post

Each pack was the residue of a person’s home, a person’s family, a person’s memories.
每包都是一个人的家、一个人的家人、一个人的记忆的残留。
Washington Post

基本释意
noun
matter that remains after something has been removed
剩余物,残留物;(扣除应付款项、债款、遗赠后的)剩余遗产,余产

同义词
balance,remainder,residual,residuum,rest

短释义
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!
残留物是指去除某种物质后留下的任何东西,例如煎锅上留下的油脂。它也可以简单地表示“余数”。

长释义
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!
当残留物指的是液体时,它是倒出剩余的液体后留在瓶子、罐子或罐子底部的东西。从法律上讲,剩余资金是在支付账单和税款后遗产中剩余的资金。因此,如果你的百万富翁阿姨把她的遗产留给你,但在过去十年里没有支付任何账单,你可能不会得到太多剩余!

文学例句
Also, organic cows, like Rosie the organic chicken, are never fed corn that contains residues of atrazine, the herbicide commonly sprayed on American cornfields.
此外,有机奶牛,比如有机鸡罗西,从来不会喂含有阿特拉津残留的玉米,阿特拉津是美国玉米田上常用的除草剂。
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan

It clung to her thoughts like an oily residue.
它像油腻的残渣一样粘在她的思想上。
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

Such alchemistic transformations have led to many erroneous reports, for if a chemist, knowing aldrin has been applied, tests for it he will be deceived into thinking all residues have been dissipated.
这种炼金术的转变导致了许多错误的报告,因为如果化学家知道使用了艾氏剂,并对其进行测试,他就会被欺骗,认为所有残留物都已消散。
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

词源
residue (n.)mid-14c., “the remainder, that which is left after a part is taken,” from Old French residu (14c.), from Latin residuum “a remainder, that which is left behind,” noun use of neuter of adjective residuus “remaining, left over,” from residere “remain behind” (see reside). In law, “what remains of an estate after debts, etc. have been paid,” early 15c. The Latin original residuum also sometimes was used in English, especially in reference to the physical matter left after any process.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
residue (n.)mid-14c.,“余数,取出一部分后剩下的东西”,源自古法语 residu (14c.),源自拉丁语 residuum“余数,留下的东西”,名词 use形容词residuus“剩余的,剩下的”的中性词,来自residere“留在后面”(参见reside)。在法律上,“在偿还债务等后剩余的遗产”,15世纪初。拉丁语原文的“residuum”有时也用在英语中,特别是指任何过程后留下的物理物质。相关条目及更多


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