dust

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英[dʌst]
美[dʌst]

基本释义

n.
灰尘; 粉末
v.
擦灰; 涂,撒(粉)

词性变化

实用例句

The books were all covered with dust.

书上积满了灰尘。

牛津词典

There wasn't a speck of dust anywhere in the room.

屋子里一尘不染。

牛津词典

That guitar's been sitting gathering dust (= not being used) for years now.

那把吉他已尘封多年。

牛津词典

coal/gold dust

煤 / 金粉

牛津词典

I broke the vase while I was dusting.

我擦灰尘时将花瓶打碎了。

牛津词典

Could you dust the sitting room?

你把起居室擦一擦好吗?

牛津词典

She dusted some ash from her sleeve.

她掸去袖子上的灰末。

牛津词典

Dust the cake with sugar.

把糖撒在蛋糕上。

牛津词典

Mel stood up and dusted herself down.

梅尔站起来拍掉了身上的尘土。

牛津词典

(figurative)For the concert, he dusted off some of his old hits.

为了这次音乐会,他重新捡起了他的一些曾红极一时的老歌。

牛津词典

The workers wear masks to avoid inhaling the dust.

工人们戴着面罩避免吸入尘土。

牛津词典

A cloud of dust rose as the truck drove off.

卡车开过时扬起一片灰尘。

牛津词典

The album is finally being released in October after gathering dust for over a year.

尘封了一年多后,专辑终于在 10 月发行。

Many of the machines are gathering dust in basements...

许多机器尘封在地下室里。

I think we need to let the dust settle and see what's going to happen after that.

我认为我们需要等事态平息之后再看看会发生什么。

Once the dust had settled Beck defended his decision...

事态一旦平息,贝克就为他的决定辩白。

The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite the dust.

这项指控断送了一名讲师的前程。

In the last 30 years many cherished values have bitten the dust...

在过去的 30 年中,许多珍贵的价值观已经消失殆尽。

Tanks raise huge trails of dust when they move...

坦克开动时扬起大量尘土。

He reversed into the stockade in a cloud of dust.

他在一阵尘土中将车倒进了围栏。

I could see a thick layer of dust on the stairs...

我可以看见楼梯上有一层厚厚的灰尘。

The rooms were empty of furniture and dust lay everywhere.

房间里没有家具,到处都是灰尘。

The air is so black with diesel fumes and coal dust, I can barely see.

空气中充斥着柴油烟雾和煤尘粉末,黑乎乎的,我几乎什么都看不见。

I vacuumed and dusted the living room...

我用吸尘器打扫了客厅,擦了擦灰尘。

She dusted, she cleaned, and she did the washing-up.

她擦掉灰尘,打扫卫生,还清洗了餐具。

Lightly dust the fish with flour...

在鱼上撒上少许面粉。

Dust and blend blusher on the apples of your cheeks...

将胭脂调匀涂在你脸颊红润的地方。

真题例句

Without Mr Jobs to shower his star dust on the event, it felt like just another product launch from just another technology firm.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

The furniture is covered with lots of dust.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

When the dust settled, the space dreamers lost out.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Why is it even interested in all those out-of-printlibrary books, most of which have been gathering dust on forgotten shelves for decades?

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Because when the dust settles, people are going robe pretty much what they are.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

As the sun's rays pass through the dust kicked up by the horses, the romance of Africa comes to life.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Bruce Peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Children of keepers remember inspectors wearing white gloves to run their fingers over door frames and windowsills looking for dust.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The most pleasant thing of the rainy season is that one can be entirely dust.

2016年高考英语北京卷 单项选择 原文

Instead of casting a wistful glance backward at all the species we've left in the dust I.Q.-wise, it implicitly asks what the real costs of our own intelligence might be.

2009年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air;

    "the furniture was covered with dust"

  • 2. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

  • 3. free microscopic particles of solid material;

    "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"

Verb
  • 1. remove the dust from;

    "dust the cabinets"

  • 2. rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape;

    "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"

  • 3. cover with a light dusting of a substance;

    "dust the bread with flour"

  • 4. distribute loosely;

    "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

同义词辨析

clean, clear, sweep, dust, mop, wipe, scrub

这些动词均有"使干净"之意。

  • clean: 是这些动词中最常用的词,指将某物或某处的污物等清除掉,弄干净。
  • clear: 指清除不要的东西。
  • sweep: 指用扫帚等进行清扫,也用作比喻。
  • dust: 指将积落在物体表面的尘土抹去、掸掉或擦去以保干净。
  • mop: 侧重指用拖把擦洗地板,有时也指擦干净或擦去。
  • wipe: 多指用布、纸等物把东西擦净,也指擦掉某物。
  • scrub: 指用硬刷、肥皂或水用力地擦洗某物。

earth, clay, dirt, land, dust, soil, mud, ground

这些名词都有"土地,土,泥"之意。

  • earth: 多指地表带有水分的泥土,较具体。
  • clay: 特指潮湿时发粘,而火烤后变坚硬的泥土。
  • dirt: 指地表的干松泥土。
  • land: 含义笼统。指与河流、海洋相对的陆地,也指可耕种的土地。
  • dust: 特指土壤干燥后,飞扬于空中的细微泥土。
  • soil: 特指适宜栽种农作物或生长各种植物的泥土。
  • mud: 指湿土,尤指雨后稀泥、污泥。
  • ground: 通常指大地的表面,也可指土壤、泥土或场地。

同义词

n.粉末

powderfine

vt.撒于...

sprinklepowder

vt.除灰尘;擦去

wipecleanoff

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