dust
n. 灰塵; 粉末
v. 擦灰; 塗,撒(粉)
Dust is very small dry particles of earth or sand.
Tanks raise huge trails of dust when they move...
坦克開動時揚起大量塵土。
He reversed into the stockade in a cloud of dust.
他在一陣塵土中將車倒進了圍欄。
Dust is the very small pieces of dirt which you find inside buildings, for example on furniture, floors, or lights.
I could see a thick layer of dust on the stairs...
我可以看見樓梯上有一層厚厚的灰塵。
The rooms were empty of furniture and dust lay everywhere.
房間裡沒有傢俱,到處都是灰塵。
Dust is a fine powder which consists of very small particles of a substance such as gold, wood, or coal.
The air is so black with diesel fumes and coal dust, I can barely see.
空氣中充斥著柴油煙霧和煤塵粉末,黑乎乎的,我幾乎什麼都看不見。
When you dust something such as furniture, you remove dust from it, usually using a cloth.
I vacuumed and dusted the living room...
我用吸塵器打掃了客廳,擦了擦灰塵。
She dusted, she cleaned, and she did the washing-up.
她擦掉灰塵,打掃衛生,還清洗了餐具。
If you dust something with a fine substance such as powder or if you dust a fine substance onto something, you cover it lightly with that substance.
Lightly dust the fish with flour...
在魚上撒上少許麵粉。
Dust and blend blusher on the apples of your cheeks...
將胭脂調勻塗在你臉頰紅潤的地方。
If you say that something has bitten the dust, you are emphasizing that it no longer exists or that it has failed.
In the last 30 years many cherished values have bitten the dust...
在過去的 30 年中,許多珍貴的價值觀已經消失殆盡。
The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite the dust.
這項指控斷送了一名講師的前程。
If you say that something will happen when the dust settles, you mean that a situation will be clearer after it has calmed down. If you let the dust settle before doing something, you let a situation calm down before you try to do anything else.
Once the dust had settled Beck defended his decision...
事態一旦平息,貝克就為他的決定辯白。
I think we need to let the dust settle and see what's going to happen after that.
我認為我們需要等事態平息之後再看看會發生什麼。
If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
Many of the machines are gathering dust in basements...
許多機器塵封在地下室裡。
The album is finally being released in October after gathering dust for over a year.
塵封了一年多後,專輯終於在 10 月發行。
1. fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air;
2. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
3. free microscopic particles of solid material;
1. remove the dust from;
2. rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape;
3. cover with a light dusting of a substance;
4. distribute loosely;
clean, clear, sweep, dust, mop, wipe, scrub
這些動詞均有"使乾淨"之意。
earth, clay, dirt, land, dust, soil, mud, ground
這些名詞都有"土地,土,泥"之意。
be done and dusted
(非正式)(工程)完成,就緒
dust and ashes
令人失望的事物
the dust settles
混亂結束,騷亂平息,紛擾平靜下來
eat someone's dust
(北美,非正式)遠遠落在某人的後面,望塵莫及
gather (或 collect) dust
被擱置,落滿灰塵
leave someone/thing in the dust
輕鬆勝過,遠遠勝於,比…強得多
not see someone for dust
發現某人已匆匆離去
kick up a dust (或 美
(非正式)吵鬧,引起騷亂,惹是生非
dust off
重新使用
in the dust
落後:落後,如在賽跑或競爭中落後於人
make the dust fly
幹得起勁:以極大的精力和速度做某項任務
Curtains are dust collectors.
窗簾上容易積上灰塵.
The motor car disappeared in eddy of dust.
汽車在一片揚塵的渦流中不見了.
He whisked the dust off his desk with a cloth.
他用一塊布把桌子的灰塵撣掉.
A car sped past, raising a cloud of dust.
汽車飛馳而過, 捲起一陣塵土.
The accused had thrown dust in the eyes of the police by giving them a false alibi.
被告向警方提供偽證,以此轉移了他們的視線.