| 单词 | dreck |
| 释义 | dreck (once / 262652 pages) n Something you buy that's cheap or badly made is dreck. While you can find great bargains at a dollar store, most of what they sell is dreck. Use the word dreck when you're talking about products that are worthless, flimsy, or of poor quality. Terrible art and trashy shows on TV are also dreck, as is a badly written book or a political speech that's full of lies and exaggeration. What these things have in common is a lack of value or quality. Dreck is a Yiddish word that comes from the German Dreck, which means both "dirt" and "manure." WORD FAMILYdreck USAGE EXAMPLESMore than occasionally, where NFL quarterbacks are concerned, the whole deal involves so much dreck. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) She imbues Michèle with a fascinating roux of chilly reserve and confounding sympathy, elevating a movie that could otherwise be reduced to exploitative dreck. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, skanky dreck to skanky dreck. The New Yorker(Oct 22, 2016) n merchandise that is shoddy or inferior Syn|Hyper schlock, shlock merchandise, product, ware commodities offered for sale |
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