de-, 分开，散开。-bris, 破开，词源同break, brittle. 即破成残骸的。

1. Spencer waded through the debris of broken chairs and beer bottles.

斯潘塞艰难地迈过一堆破椅子和碎啤酒瓶。

2. The streets are still full of debris from two nights of rioting.

街道上仍到处可见连续两晚的骚乱留下的残迹。

3. He was buried under the debris for several hours.

他被埋在废墟下面达好几个小时。

4. Rainfall had dislodged debris from the slopes of the volcano.

雨水冲走了火山坡面上的岩屑。

5. Forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris.

法医专家对残骸进行了极其仔细的搜索。