debris field
Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of…Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.
» The Earth will exit the debris field in late August.
Die Erde wird Ende August aus dem Trümmerfeld austreten.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.
Examples
2 sentencesThe Earth will exit the debris field in late August.
deDie Erde wird Ende August aus dem Trümmerfeld austreten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The Perseids occur when Earth enters the debris field left behind by the comet Swift-Tuttle.
deDie Perseiden treten auf, wenn die Erde die Staubspur des Kometen Swift-Tuttle kreuzt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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