dust

[dʌst]

n.灰尘, 尘土, 粉尘
vt.去掉 ... 的灰尘, 撒粉末于
vi.除尘
n.骚动,无价值的东西,废物

n.

1. 灰尘, 尘土[U]

His clothes were covered with dust.

他衣服上全是灰尘。

2. 粉末[U]

3. 遗骸[U]

4. 【英】灰烬; 垃圾

5. 屈辱

The dust has cleared.

骚乱已经平息了。

6. 一文不值的东西

7. 骚动, 混乱[the S]

8. 金粉

9. 【美】【俚】钱, 现钱[the S]

vt.

1. 除去……的灰尘[(+off/down)]

2. 掸去, 擦去, 扫去, 刷去

He dusted his trousers.

他掸掉裤子上的尘土。

3. 使布满灰尘; 撒农药等[(+with/over)]

The airplane dusted the crops with an insecticide.

飞机给庄稼撒农药。

vi.

1. 掸掉灰尘; 打扫

She dusts every day.

她每天掸灰尘。

2. 变得灰扑扑

3. 喷撒农药

4. (鸟)用沙土洗澡

词形变化

动词过去式: dusted | 动词过去分词: dusted | 动词现在分词: dusting | 动词第三人称单数: dusts |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.除灰尘; 擦去

clean  wipe off

vt.撒于……

sprinkle  powder

n.粉末

fine powder  

同义参见:

dirt  flour  feather  corpse  

英英释义

名词 dust:

fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

同义词：debris, junk, rubble, detritus

free microscopic particles of solid material

动词 dust:

remove the dust from

rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape

cover with a light dusting of a substance

distribute loosely

同义词：scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse

短语词组

dust down/off

1. 除去……的灰尘

She was dusting down the furniture.

她正在掸去家具上的灰尘。

补充

dustdust英:[dʌst] 美:[dʌst]n.1.灰尘, 尘土, 尘埃2.遗骸This is the dust of our ancestors.这是我们祖先的遗骸。vt. & vi.1.拂(一拂), 掸(一掸)She dusts every day.她每天都掸灰。vt.1.撒(粉)于He dusted a powder over his roses to kill all the insects.他在玫瑰花上撒了药粉以杀死所有的害虫。

例句

1. The lorries raised clouds of dust.卡车扬起了阵阵尘土。 2. He reversed into the stockade in a cloud of dust.他在一阵尘土中将车倒进了围栏。 3. There's a thick layer of dust on the shelf.架子上积了一层厚厚的灰尘。 4. There wasn't a speck of dust to be seen.一丁点儿灰尘都看不到。 5. The wind gusted suddenly, stirring up dust.狂风乍起, 搅起一阵尘雾。 6. The air was black with diesel fumes and coal dust.空气中充斥着黑乎乎的柴油烟和煤灰。 7. a sprinkling of gold dust星星点点的金粉 8. Our heroes have long returned to dust.我们的英雄早已归于尘土。 9. a country where glorious church spires crumble to dust瑰丽的教堂尖顶化为齑粉的国家 10. This will still be the case long after our generation has turned to dust.等我们这一代人早已故去后, 情况依然还会如此。 11. The country has all but turned to dust under the steady pressure of famine, drought, and civil war.在饥馑、干旱和内战的持续重压下, 这个国家几乎已经化作一片废墟。 12. when the relationship has turned to dust当这段感情化为虚无 13. But her success story has turned to dust.可是她的成功故事已烟消云散。 14. With the words 'ashes to ashes, dust to dust' still ringing in his ears he headed home.他朝家走去, 耳边仍回响着“尘归尘, 土归土”这句话。 15. They lay face down in the dust.他们脸朝下趴在地上。 16. More than a third of Britain's marriages will bite the dust.英国超过三分之一的婚姻会以失败告终。 17. In the last 30 years many cherished values have bitten the dust.在过去三十年间, 很多备受珍视的价值观已经被完全抛弃。 18. The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite the dust.这项指控葬送了一名讲师的职业生涯。 19. You'll be enjoying a healthy life long after your colleagues have bitten the dust.等你同事们都死了, 你还会健康地活很久。 20. Fascism leads only to dust and ashes, death and shame and cruelty.法西斯主义带来的只有失望、死亡、屈辱和残暴。 21. Many of the machines are gathering dust in basements.这些机器中有许多都放在地下室积灰。 22. The album is finally being released in October after gathering dust for over a year.在尘封了一年多之后, 这张唱片终于将在10月份发售。 23. leaving their competitors in the dust令他们的竞争对手望尘莫及 24. I think we need to let the dust settle and see what's going to happen after that.我想我们应该静等事态平息, 看看之后的发展。 25. They said they were too busy to give us drinks, so we shook the dust off our feet and left.他们说太忙, 没时间给我们上饮料, 于是我们愤然离去。 26. They are shielding him and throwing dust in the eyes of the police.他们蒙蔽警察来包庇他。 27. When the dust settles, nobody is left in any doubt.尘埃落定时, 大家都再无任何疑虑。 28. Once the dust had settled Beck defended his decision.事态一平息, 贝克就为自己的决定辩白。 29. 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。 30. Dry your feet well and then dust between the toes with baby powder.把脚彻底擦干, 然后在脚趾间撒上婴儿爽身粉。 31. Help lipstick to last longer by dusting over your lips with a little translucent powder before applying.涂口红前在唇部抹一点透明唇粉, 可令口红效果更持久。 32. officials dusting for fingerprints and searching for evidence撒粉提取指纹并搜寻证据的警务人员 33. He dusted and polished all the furniture.他把所有家具擦干净并打上蜡。 34. I vacuumed and dusted the living room.我用吸尘器打扫了客厅, 并擦净灰尘。 35. dust the cake with sifted icing sugar.在蛋糕上撒过筛的糖粉。 36. She dusted her face with powder.她在脸上涂了粉。 37. dust and blend blusher on the apples of your cheeks.将腮红打在两颊上并涂抹开。 38. Police dusted my flat for fingerprints.警察在我的公寓撒粉提取指纹。 39. A light frost dusted the grass.草地上盖着一层薄霜。 40. She seemed not to notice as flakes of snow dusted her hair.她似乎没有注意到片片雪花落满她的头发。 41. She dusted herself down and left to build her own career.她重振旗鼓去开创自己的事业了。 42. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start again.鼓起勇气, 重新振作, 从头再来。 43. Mike stood up and dusted himself down.迈克站起身, 把身上拍打干净。 44. She dusted all the books on the bookshelf.她把书架上所有书上的灰尘都掸干净。 45. to dust a table擦净桌子，或把桌子的灰掸掉 46. dust the crumbs from your shirt.把你衬衣上的面包屑掸掉。 47. to dust rosebushes with an insecticide给玫瑰丛喷撒杀虫剂 48. The farmers dusted crops with an insecticide.农民们给作物喷洒杀虫剂。 49. It was a rather windy day. I went out and dusted my feet.今天风很大。我外出双脚沾满灰尘。 50. to dust the soil使泥土成粉末 51. We dusted the American team 106 to 99.我们以106比99分击败了美国队。 52. Haman knew that Fuller was out to dust him.海曼知道富勒老想杀死他。 53. Tom dusted one, and then lit it up.汤姆在一支香烟末端加入粉状麻醉品，然后点着抽。 54. It's dusty. We must dust every day.灰尘多，我们必须每天掸灰。 55. On Saturdays we dust and vacuum.每星期六我们扫除灰尘并用真空吸尘器打扫。 56. The farmers dusted with an insecticide in late spring.农民在晚春时间喷撒杀虫剂。 57. The terrorist dusted for Atlanta.那名恐怖分子逃往亚特兰大。 58. the car sent up clouds of dust.汽车掀起一阵阵灰尘。 59. they rolled and fought in the dust.他们在尘土里翻滚扭打。 60. coal dust.煤尘。 61. he ground it into a fine dust.他将之磨成细粉。 62. scatter my dust and ashes.散去我的遗骸和骨灰。 63. the soul, that dwells within your dust.居于你肉体之中的灵魂。 64. a quick dust, to get rid of the cobwebs.迅速掸去蜘蛛网。 65. I broke the vase I had been dusting.我擦花瓶时把它打碎了。 66. pick yourself up and dust yourself down.爬起来，把身上的灰拍干净。 67. [no obj.]she washed and dusted and tidied.她洗了衣服，擦了灰尘，把东西收拾整齐。 68. a number of aircraft will be dusted off and returned to flight.许多长期闲置的飞机将被重新启用。 69. roll out on a surface dusted with icing sugar.从撒着糖粉的表面滚出来。 70. orange powder was dusted over the upper body.在上部撒上橙色的粉末。 71. the officers dusted him up a little bit.那些警官揍了他一顿。 72. well, that's part one done and dusted.这就是已经完成的第一部分。 73. the party would be dust and ashes if he couldn't come.如果他不来，这个聚会会令人大失所望的。 74. she hoped that the dust would settle quickly and the episode be forgotten.她希望这场混乱快些结束，这一段故事就此被忘却。 75. some professors let their computers gather dust.一些教授搁着他们的电脑不用，任其落满灰尘。 76. today's modems leave their predecessors in the dust.现在的调制解调器要远远胜于以前的。 77. a thick layer of dust厚厚的一层灰尘 78. chalk/coal dust粉笔末；煤尘 79. The tractor came up the track in a cloud of dust.拖拉机开上小路，扬起一团尘埃。 80. a speck (= small piece) of dust一点灰尘 81. This shelf has got very dusty.这块搁板积满了灰尘。 82. Let me dust those shelves before you put the books on them.我把书架抹干净以后你再放书。 83. The floor was covered with dust.地面上都是灰尘。 84. You can see the dust particles floating through the air.你可以看见空气中飘浮的尘埃颗粒。 85. There is not a speck of dust in that house.那个房子里一尘不染。 86. The book just sat on the shelf gathering dust.那本书就摆放在书架上，长期无人问津。 87. "As the car sped down the dirt road, it left a cloud of dust behind."汽车在这条土路上疾驰时，在车后扬起一团尘烟。 88. The wind kicked up dust. [=blew dust into the air]风吹起扬尘。 89. coal/gold dust煤粉；金粉 90. He wiped the chalk dust off his hands.他擦掉了手上的粉笔末。 91. "He said, “Eat my dust! ” as he jumped in his car and drove away."他说：“我必胜！”然后便跳进他的汽车，迅速开走了。 92. They've left other companies eating their dust. [=they have gone far ahead of other companies]他们已将其他公司远远地甩在了后面。 93. The company has left its competitors in the dust.这家公司已把竞争对手远远甩在了后面。 94. I'll call you as soon as the dust settles from the move. [=as soon as I am not busy with moving]我安顿下来就给你打电话。 95. "When the dust settled [=when the situation became less confusing] and the votes were recounted, she had won the election."当形势趋于稳定并且重新计票后，她在竞选中胜出。 96. You should let the dust settle before you make any big decisions.你应该待形势明朗后再做出重要决定。 97. He dusted the furniture.他把家具擦干净了。 98. She dusted the sand off her leg.她拍掉了落在腿上的沙尘。 99. (US) He stood up and dusted himself off. = (Brit) He stood up and dusted himself down. [=he brushed the dirt/dust off his clothes]他站起身来，掸掉衣服上的灰尘。 100. I dust at least once a week.我至少每周掸一次灰尘。 101. dust the pan with flour.往平底锅里撒上一些面粉。 102. The police dusted the table for fingerprints. [=they put a fine powder on the table so that any fingerprints could be seen]警方在桌面上撒粉末收集指纹。 103. The crops will be dusted with pesticide.作物将被喷洒杀虫剂。 104. "For his comeback tour, the comedian dusted off some of his old jokes."这名喜剧演员在复出巡演中重新讲了他的几个老笑话。