by-product

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something made incidentally during the production of something else.
    — It was about this time that the first experiments were made (in Germany) with basic slag, a material which had hitherto been regarded as a worthless by-product of steel manufacture. A year or two later field trials were begun in England, with the final result that basic slag has become recognized as a valuable source of phosphorus for growing crops, and is now in constant demand for application to the soil as a fertilizer.
  2. A consequence, especially a side effect.
    — The many Indian restaurants all over Britain are a by-product of the large waves of immigration from the subcontinent.

词形变化

by-products plural byproduct alternative bye-product alternative

词汇关系

相关词
waste product

词源

Etymology tree
English by-
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Italic *pro-
Latin prō-
Proto-Indo-European *dewk-
Proto-Indo-European *déwkti
Proto-Italic *doukō
Latin dūcō
Latin prōdūcō
Latin prōductusder.
Middle English product
English product
English by-product
From by- + product.
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