单词 | powder |
释义 | powder /powˈdər/noun
ORIGIN: OFr poudre, from L pulvis, pulveris dust powˈdered adjective
powˈdery adjective
powder blue noun A pale blue colour, orig produced from powdered smalt (qv) powder box noun A box for face powder, hair-powder, etc powder burn noun A minor burn caused to skin in proximity to a gunpowder explosion powder closet or powˈdering-closˈet noun (historical) A small room in which hair was powdered powder compact see compact1 powder down noun A kind of down on some birds that readily disintegrates in powder powdered sugar noun (N American) Very fine sugar produced by grinding granulated sugar powder flask or powder horn noun A flask (orig a horn) for carrying gunpowder powˈdering-gown noun A loose dressing-gown worn while the hair was being powdered powˈdering-tub noun
powder keg noun
powder magazine noun A place where gunpowder is stored powder metallurgy noun The science and art of preparing metals for use by reducing them, as a stage in the process, to powder form powder mill noun A mill in which gunpowder is made powder monkey noun
powder puff noun
powder room noun
powˈder-skiing noun (the art of) skiing in powder snow such as that encountered off piste powder snow noun Freshly fallen loose thick dry snow powdery mildew noun
keep one's powder dry
powder one's nose (euphemistic; of a woman) To go to the toilet |
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