英语词汇“dust”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun

1.

dry fine powdery material, such as particles of dirt, earth or pollen

2.

a cloud of such fine particles

3.

the powdery particles to which something is thought to be reduced by death, decay, or disintegration

4.

a.

the mortal body of humans

b.

the corpse of a dead person

5.

the earth; ground

6. informal

a disturbance; fuss (esp in the phrases kick up a dust, raise a dust)

7.

something of little or no worth

8. informal

(in mining parlance) silicosis or any similar respiratory disease

9. short for gold dust

10.

ashes or household refuse

11. bite the dust

12. dust and ashes

13. leave someone or something in the dust

14. shake the dust off one's feet

15. throw dust in the eyes of

verb

16. (transitive)

to sprinkle or cover (something) with (dust or some other powdery substance)

to dust a cake with sugar

to dust sugar onto a cake

17.

to remove dust by wiping, sweeping, or brushing

18. archaic

to make or become dirty with dust

Derived forms

dustless (ˈdustless)

adjective

Word origin

Old English dūst; related to Danish dyst flour dust, Middle Dutch dūst dust, meal dust, Old High German tunst storm

单词	dust
释义	Word Frequency dust (dʌst) noun 1. dry fine powdery material, such as particles of dirt, earth or pollen 2. a cloud of such fine particles 3. the powdery particles to which something is thought to be reduced by death, decay, or disintegration 4. a. the mortal body of humans b. the corpse of a dead person 5. the earth; ground 6. informal a disturbance; fuss (esp in the phrases kick up a dust, raise a dust) 7. something of little or no worth 8. informal (in mining parlance) silicosis or any similar respiratory disease 9. short for gold dust 10. ashes or household refuse 11. bite the dust 12. dust and ashes 13. leave someone or something in the dust 14. shake the dust off one's feet 15. throw dust in the eyes of verb 16. (transitive) to sprinkle or cover (something) with (dust or some other powdery substance) to dust a cake with sugar to dust sugar onto a cake 17. to remove dust by wiping, sweeping, or brushing 18. archaic to make or become dirty with dust Derived forms dustless (ˈdustless) adjective Word origin Old English dūst; related to Danish dyst flour dust, Middle Dutch dūst dust, meal dust, Old High German tunst storm
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