scrap metal
collocation废金属；金属废料
The old car was sold as scrap metal.
那辆旧车作为废金属卖掉了。
碎片；小块；边角料
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碎片；小块；边角料
a small piece or fragment, especially one left over after use
She found a scrap of paper with a phone number written on it.
她找到一张写着电话号码的纸片。
小片；碎片；分离的、不完整的部分
A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
打架,争斗,小冲突
A fight, tussle, skirmish.
从整体上断裂下来的小碎片
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
动物脂肪干燥后剩下的脆物质
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
The factory sells its metal scraps to a recycling company.
这家工厂把金属废料卖给一家回收公司。
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I used a scrap of fabric to patch the hole in my jeans.
我用一小块布料补了牛仔裤上的洞。
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she jotted it on a scrap of paper
她在一小片纸上记下了它
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there was not a scrap left
一丝残余都没有了
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废金属；金属废料
The old car was sold as scrap metal.
那辆旧车作为废金属卖掉了。
废品回收场；废车场
He works at a scrap yard.
他在废品回收场工作。
一张纸片；碎纸片
She wrote the number on a scrap of paper.
她把号码写在一张纸片上。
食物残渣；剩饭菜
The dog ate the scraps of food from the table.
狗吃掉了桌上的食物残渣。
打起来；扭打起来
He got into a scrap with a classmate.
他和同学打了一架。
一点…也没有；毫无
There is not a scrap of evidence against him.
没有任何对他不利的证据。
一点也没有；毫不
There's not a scrap of truth in what he said.
他说的话没有一句是真的。
被废弃；遭淘汰
Many old skills have been thrown on the scrap heap.
许多老手艺已被废弃。
一纸空文；毫无价值的协议
The treaty proved to be a mere scrap of paper.
这项条约结果只是一纸空文。
仅仅为了一张废纸，英国就要开战。
This is a famous historical quotation attributed to German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg in 1914, referring mockingly to the Treaty of London that guaranteed Belgian neutrality. It is often cited to illustrate the outbreak of World War I.
这是1914年德国首相特奥巴尔德·冯·贝特曼-霍尔韦格的一句著名历史引语，嘲讽地指保证比利时中立的《伦敦条约》。人们常引用它来说明第一次世界大战的爆发。
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把'scrap'想成'scrape'(刮)下来的碎屑：一片片小碎片，攒多了就是废铜烂铁(scrap)。
语域：mixed 常见场景：in everyday talk about small pieces or remnants、in recycling or industrial settings、in informal chat about a fight scrap 作名词时，语体因词义而异：指“小片/碎片”或“废料/废金属”时通常为中性，日常和正式场合均较常见；指“打架/争吵”时多用于非正式口语。
常与of连用，表示一小片
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