powder
n. 粉,粉末; 粉狀物質
vt. 在…搽粉
vi. 塗粉,變成粉末
Powder consists of many tiny particles of a solid substance.
Put a small amount of the powder into a container and mix with water...
把少量粉末放入容器,加水混合。
The wood turns to powder in his fingers.
木頭在他指間會變成粉末。
Powder is the same as face powder .
If a woman powders her face or some other part of her body, she puts face powder or talcum powder on it.
She powdered her face and applied her lipstick and rouge.
她往臉上搽了粉,抹了口紅和胭脂。
...the old woman's powdered face.
老婦人那張搽了粉的臉
Powder is the same as gunpowder .
The smell of powder was in the air.
空氣裡有股火藥味兒。
Powder is very fine snow.
...a day's powder skiing.
一天的滑雪時光
1. a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
2. a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
3. any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a powder
1. apply powder to;
2. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust;
keep one's powder dry
保持警惕以應付可能的突發事件
powder one's nose
(婉)(女人)上衛生間
keep (one's) powder dry
準備萬一:準備接受事先沒有什麼警告的挑戰
take a powder
迅速離開;逃之夭夭
It doesn't sound like business for a long time. Still it won't do any harm to watch out and keep our powder dry.
好長時間看來不像那麼一回事, 不過提高警惕以防萬一總不會有什麼壞處.
Mind you, don't kiss all my face powder off!
當心點, 別把我臉上的香粉都吻掉了.
There's a nasty mark on the tablecloth, and I don't think the usual washing powder will take it out.
桌布上有一塊汙跡, 我想用普通洗衣粉是洗不掉的.
He dusted a powder over his roses to kill all the insects.
他在玫瑰花上撒了藥粉以殺死所有的害蟲.
This machine is made to crush the rock into powder.
這臺機器是用來把石頭壓成碎末的.